Gambrel

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gambrel \Gam"brel\, n. [OF. gambe, jambe leg, F. jambe. Cf.
     {Cambrel}, {Chambrel}, and see {Gambol}. n.]
     1. The hind leg of a horse.
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     2. A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by


        butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
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     {Gambrel roof} (Arch.), a curb roof having the same section
        in all parts, with a lower steeper slope and an upper and
        flatter one, so that each gable is pentagonal in form.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gambrel \Gam"brel\ v. t.
     To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. --Beau. & Fl.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gambrel
       n : a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower
           slope being steeper [syn: {gambrel roof}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "gambrel":
     ankle, bayonet legs, bowlegs, calf, cnemis, drumstick, foreleg,
     gamb, gigot, ham, hind leg, hock, jamb, knee, leg, limb, podite,
     popliteal space, scissor-legs, shank, shin, stems, stumps, tarsus,
     trotters