Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ramshackle

Ramshackle (ram"shak*k'l) , adjective

[Etymol. uncertain.]

Loose; disjointed; falling to pieces; out of repair.
There came... my lord the cardinal, in his ramshackle coach. — Thackeray

Ramshackle , transitive verb

To search or ransack; to rummage. [Provincial English]