gambrel

== English == === Etymology === Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡæmbɹəl/ === Noun === gambrel (plural gambrels) The hind leg of a horse; the hock. (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. A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg. Synonym: gambrel hook (architecture) A gambrel roof. ==== Derived terms ==== gambrel roof gambrel-roofed ==== Translations ==== === Verb === gambrel (third-person singular simple present gambrels, present participle (US) gambreling or (UK) gambrelling, simple past and past participle (US) gambreled or (UK) gambrelled) To truss or hang up using a gambrel. === References === “gambrel”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === gambler