Literal translation
to make a little leg (to trip someone)
Meaning
to trip someone up
Explanation
To trip someone up, literally to make a little leg, formed the same way as faire esquinette. The double form gambeto/cambeto reflects a regional variation: along the coast, from Marseille to Fréjus, the initial c- of certain Latin words of Greek origin shifted to g-, giving la gambo, lou gat, while elsewhere in Provence it stays la cambo, lou cat.