numbles

UK: /ˈnʌmb^əlz/ US: (num′bəlz)

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

num•bles  (num′bəlz), n.pl. 

1. Food certain of the inward parts of an animal, esp. of a deer, used as food.

Also, nombles. 

• Latin lumbulus, diminutive of lumbus loin. See lumb-, -ule
• Middle French nombles fillet of venison, plural of nomble, dissimilated variant of *lomble
• Middle English 1275–1325

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

numbles / ˈnʌmb^əlz/ noun:plural

1. the heart, lungs, liver, etc, of a deer or other animal, cooked for food

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French nombles, plural of nomble thigh muscle of a deer, changed from Latin lumbulus a little loin, from lumbus loin; see humble pie