1. [informal] A condition of great disorder
   "The office was in a shambles after the hasty move"
    
2. [archaic] A building where animals are butchered
   "The old shambles has been converted into a tourist attraction";
   - abattoir [Brit], butchery, slaughterhouse

1. Walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet
   "The exhausted hikers continued their shamble towards the campsite";
   - shambling, shuffle, shuffling

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, York