noun.
A shambling walk or gait.
To slaughter; destine to the shambles.
To walk awkwardly and unsteadily, as if with weak knees.
noun.
A footstool.
noun.
A bench; especially, a bench or stall in a market on which goods are exposed for sale. Specifically plural The tables or stalls on or in which butchers expose meat for sale; hence, a fresh-or meat-market.
noun.
plural A slaughter-house; a place of butchery: sometimes treated as a singular.
noun.
In mining. See shammel, 2.