gambade noun & verb.
[gam'beɪd] E16.[French, from Italian gambata, from gamba leg: see -ADE. Cf. GAMBADO noun2, GAMBOL noun & adjective.]A. noun. A leap or bound (of a horse); a caper, a frisk; a prank.
E16.B. verb intrans. =
GAMBOL verb.
E-M16.► Supplanted by variant
GAMBOL during
16; readopted by Sir Walter Scott in
E19. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲