gambrel

gam·brel

G0028200 (găm′brəl)n.1. The hock of a horse or other animal.2. A frame used by butchers for hanging carcasses by the legs.

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[French dialectal gamberel, from Old North French, from gambe, leg, from Late Latin gamba, hoof; see gambol.]

gambrel

(ˈɡæmbrəl) n1. (Zoology) the hock of a horse or similar animal2. a frame of wood or metal shaped like a horse's hind leg, used by butchers for suspending carcasses of meat3. (Architecture) short for gambrel roof[C16: from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe leg]

gam•brel

(ˈgæm brəl)

n. 1. the hock of an animal, esp. of a horse. 2. Also called gam′brel stick`. a wood or metal device for suspending a slaughtered animal. [1540–50; < Old North French gamberel, akin to French jambier legging, jambe leg]

hockshin, gambrel - The underside of the thigh is the hockshin or gambrel.See also related terms for thigh.

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gambrel - a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steepergambrel roofgable roof, saddle roof, saddleback roof, saddleback - a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end