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gambrel

[ gam-bruhl ]

noun

  1. the hock of an animal, especially of a horse.
  2. Also called gambrel stick. a wood or metal device for suspending a slaughtered animal.


gambrel

/ ˈɡæmbrəl /

noun

  1. the hock of a horse or similar animal
  2. a frame of wood or metal shaped like a horse's hind leg, used by butchers for suspending carcasses of meat
  3. short for gambrel roof
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of gambrel1

1540–50; < Old North French gamberel, akin to French jambier legging, jambe leg
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Word History and Origins

Origin of gambrel1

C16: from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe leg
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Example Sentences

The Star and the Crescent have fitted up one room under the gambrel very tastefully.

The Old Gambrel-roofed House could not boast an unbroken ring of natural objects encircling it.

The appearance of the hind-part of the cow, from a point near the gambrel-joint up to the tail, Guenon calls the escutcheon.

On and still on I sped, the big, bright pumpkin slipping up and down the gambrel of my spirited horse at every jump.

Two large windows, one in each end of the gambrel roof, afforded light and air.

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