Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GAM'BOL, v.i. [Fr. gambiller, to wag the leg or kick, from It. gamba, the leg, Fr. jambe, Sp. gamba.]

1. To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to leap; to play in frolick, like boys and lambs. Milton. Dryden.
2. To leap; to start. Shak.