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numbles

The English word “numbles” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. The entrails of a deer or other animal, used for food.

Etymology

From Middle French nombles (“loin of meat”), alteration (with dissimilation) of Old French and Anglo-Norman lumbles (“loins”), from Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus (“loin”).

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