v. t. [ OE. hamelen to mutilate, AS. hamelian; akin to OHG. hamalōn to mutilate, hamal mutilated, ham mutilated, Icel. hamla to mutilate. Cf. Hamper to fetter. ] To hamstring. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. schamel a bench, stool, AS. scamel, sceamol, a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum a bench, stool. ]
As summer flies are in the shambles. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
To make a shambles of the parliament house. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.