Meaning of GAMBREL
| Pronunciation: | | 'gambrul
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- [n] a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper
- [adj] (of a roof) having two slopes each side of the ridge; "a big barn with a gambrel roof"
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| | Synonyms: | | gabled, gambrel roof |
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| | See Also: | | gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Gam"brel\, n. [OF. gambe, jambe leg, F. jambe. Cf.
{Cambrel}, {Chambrel}, and see {Gambol}. n.]
1. The hind leg of a horse.
2. A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by
butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
{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.
\Gam"brel\ v. t.
To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. --Beau. & Fl.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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