[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gambrel \gam"brel\, n. of. gambe, jambe leg, f. jambe. cf.
   cambrel, chambrel, and see gambol. n.
   1. the hind leg of a horse.
      1913 webster

   2. a stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by
      butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
cambrel chambrel gambol gambrel roof 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gambrel \gam"brel\ v. t.
   to truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. --beau.  fl.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

gambrel
     n : a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower
         slope being steeper syn: gambrel roof
see also:
gambrel roof 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 moby thesaurus words for "gambrel":
   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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