gambrel
the hock of an animal, especially of a horse.
Also called gambrel stick . a wood or metal device for suspending a slaughtered animal.
Origin of gambrel
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How to use gambrel in a sentence
The Star and the Crescent have fitted up one room under the gambrel very tastefully.
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. DallThe Old gambrel-roofed House could not boast an unbroken ring of natural objects encircling it.
A Mortal Antipathy | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.The appearance of the hind-part of the cow, from a point near the gambrel-joint up to the tail, Guenon calls the escutcheon.
Soil Culture | J. H. WaldenOn 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.
Peggy Owen at Yorktown | Lucy Foster Madison
British Dictionary definitions for gambrel
/ (ˈɡæmbrəl) /
the hock of a horse or similar animal
a frame of wood or metal shaped like a horse's hind leg, used by butchers for suspending carcasses of meat
short for gambrel roof
Origin of gambrel
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