numbles

or nom·bles

[ nuhm-buhlz ]

plural noun

1. certain of the inward parts of an animal, especially of a deer, used as food.

numbles

/ ˈnʌmbəlz /

plural noun

1. archaic.
   the heart, lungs, liver, etc, of an deer or other animal, cooked for food

Word History and Origins

Origin of numbles¹

1275–1325; Middle English < Middle French nombles fillet of venison, plural of nomble, dissimilated variant of *lomble < Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus loin. See lumb-, -ule

Word History and Origins

Origin of numbles¹

C14: from Old French nombles, plural of nomble thigh muscle of a deer, changed from Latin lumbulus a little loin, from lumbus loin; see humble pie

Example Sentences

She demanded other dishes, special preparations, sauces g/acees, a blanquette of veal seasoned with oysters, chapon Flandrois in white wine, pluck and numbles rubbed with Ceylon herbs.

From Literature

The heads, fins, and numbles were taken in addition.

From Project Gutenberg

Numbles, num′bls, n.pl. the entrails of a deer.

From Project Gutenberg

His images assert the opposite: a nude becomes a lump of hairy pink clay with a pinhead, swagging numbles and a skin so gouged by fissures, cracks and graffiti that it is on the verge of turning into a landscape.

From Time Magazine Archive

As by the holy blode of Christe, his woundes whiche for our redemption he paynefully suffred, his glorious harte, as it were numbles chopped in pieces.

From Project Gutenberg

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