Shamble

n.	1.	(Mining) One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.
	2.	A place where butcher's meat is sold. As summer flies are in the shambles. - Shak.
	3.	A place for slaughtering animals for meat. To make a shambles of the parliament house. - Shak.
v. i.	1.	To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if the knees were weak; to shuffle along. [imp. & p. p. Shambled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shambling .]

Noun	1.	shamble - walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old" Synonyms: shambling, shuffling, shuffle
Verb	1.	shamble - walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall" Synonyms: scuffle, shuffle

amble, andante, barge, bowl along, bundle, claudication, clump, crawl, creep, dead march, dogtrot, drag, droop, flounce, foot, footpace, footslog, funeral march, gait, gallop, halt, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, jog, jog trot, jolt, jump, leisurely gait, limp, lock step, lumber, lumbering pace, lunge, lurch, mince, mincing steps, pace, paddle, peg, piaffe, piaffer, plod, prance, rack, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, shovel, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slow march, slow motion, slowness, stagger, stalk, stamp, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strolling gait, strut, stump, swagger, swing, tittup, toddle, totter, traipse, tread, trip, trot, trudge, velocity, waddle, walk, wamble, wiggle, wobble

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