GAMBREL

gambrel, gambrel roof

(noun) a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

gambrel (plural gambrels)

The hind leg of a horse.

(chiefly, historical and obsolete, outside, dialects) A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.

(US, architecture) A gambrel roof.

Verb

gambrel (third-person singular simple present gambrels, present participle gambreling or gambrelling, simple past and past participle gambreled or gambrelled)

To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.

Anagrams

• gambler

Proper noun

Gambrel (plural Gambrels)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gambrel is the 15541^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1883 individuals. Gambrel is most common among White (91.98%) individuals.

Anagrams

• gambler

Source: Wiktionary

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Gam"brel, n Etym: [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.

Definition: To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. Beau. & Fl.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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