shambling

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SHAM'BLING, adjective [from scamble, scambling.] Moving with an awkward, irregular, cumsy pace; as a shambling trot; shambling legs. SHAM'BLING, noun An awkward, clumsy, irregular pace or gait.
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