a. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair. [ 1913 Webster ]
There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To search or ransack; to rummage. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. hramsan, pl., akin to G. rams, Sw. rams, ramslök; cf. Gr.
n. (Bot.) A yellow-flowered weed; -- so named from a Mr. Ramsted who introduced it into Pennsylvania. See Toad flax. Called also