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gambrel definition

gam·brel (gam′brəl)

noun

  1. the hock of a horse or similar animal
  2. a frame shaped like a horse's hind leg, used by butchers for hanging carcasses
  3. ☆ gambrel roof

Etymology: NormFr < OFr gambe: see gamb

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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