Thesaurus: gambrel

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1. n. The hind leg of a horse.
2. n. A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
3. v. t. To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.
4. n. a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper
5. 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. To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. Beau. & Fl.
6. To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. Beau. & Fl.
7. n. a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper