Definitions
a building where animals are butchered
Word origin
From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (“stool, bench”), from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamillum (“little bench, ridge”), from Latin scamnum (“bench, ridge, breadth of a field”).
Used in a sentence
“Considering my life's in shambles right now, couldn't you at least take the blame?”
“This bedroom is a shambles.”
“Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Complete mess”8 letters
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