Английский разговорный словарь (основной) - shambles
Shambles
shambles
ˈʃæmblz n.pl. (usu. treated as sing.) 1 colloq. a mess or muddle (the roomwas a shambles). 2 a butcher's slaughterhouse. 3 a scene of carnage. [pl. of shamblestool, stall f. OE sc(e)amul f. WG f. L scamellum dimin. of scamnum bench]