▪ I. gambolling, vbl. n.
(ˈgæmbəlɪŋ)
[f. gambol v. + -ing1. Some dial. glossaries give the accent as gamˈbowling.]
The action of the verb gambol.
| 1522 Skelton Why nat to Court 70 With gambaudynge thryftlesse, With spende and waste witlesse. 1525 Ld. Berners Froiss. II. cv. [ci.] 307 He..spurred his horse, so that by gambaldyng of the horse the impostume brake in his body. 1583 Golding Calvin on Deut. ix. 53 Not to fall to Gambolding at our owne pleasure and fansie, but to followe the way quietly which he sheweth vs. c 1746 Exmoor Courtship 568 (E.D.S.) Gamboyling. 1827 Hare Guesses Ser. ii. (1873) 554 How great is the interval between gamboling and gambling. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 26 Sept. 6/1 The brutal gambolling and the obscene language of young roughs. |
▪ II. gambolling, ppl. a.
(ˈgæmbəlɪŋ)
[f. gambol v. + -ing2.]
That gambols.
| 1552 Huloet, Gambaldynge horses, beyinge ful of gambaldinge and praunsynges. 1567 Triall Treas. (1850) 21 Oyes! is there any man or woman that hath lost A gambolling gelding with a graye tayle. 1830 Tennyson Sea-Fairies 11 Down shower the gambolling waterfalls From wandering over the lea. |