shamble

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
shamble/ˈʃambl/

▶verb move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait. ▶noun a shambling gait.

– derivatives
shambly adjective.

– origin C16: prob. from dial. shamble ‘ungainly’, perh. from the phr. shamble legs, with ref. to the legs of trestle tables (typical of meat markets: see shambles).