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Noun: shambles  sham-bulz
  1. [informal] A condition of great disorder
     
  2. A building where animals are butchered
    - abattoir, butchery, slaughterhouse
Noun: shamble  sham-bul
  1. Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
    "from his shamble I assumed he was very old";
    - shambling, shuffle, shuffling
Verb: shamble  sham-bul
  1. Walk by dragging one's feet
    "he shambled out of the room";
    - shuffle, scuffle

Type of: building, disorder, disorderliness, edifice, walk, walking

Encyclopedia: Shambles, Monmouth