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· Old English
sċeamol
2 English words descend from Old English
sċeamol
, most common first.
shambles
A scene of great disorder or ruin.
shamble
One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level.