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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Gambrel

/găm'-brəl/ · Gam·brel · IPA /ˈɡæmbɹəl/
01 n. The hind leg of a horse.
  1. 1.
    The hind leg of a horse.
  2. 2.
    A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Phrases & compounds
Gambrel roof — 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.
02 v. t. To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.
  1. 1.
    To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.