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means benches (Anglo-Saxon, scamel; Latin, scamnum, and the diminutive scamellum, a little bench). The benches or banks on which meat is exposed for sale. (See Bank.)
“Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question.” —1 Cor. x. 25.
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