Ramshackle \Ram"shac*kle\, a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
There came . . . my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach. --Thackeray.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Ramshackle \Ram"shac*kle\, v. t. To search or ransack; to rummage. [Prov. Eng.]