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Definition of Gambrel
1. Noun. A gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper.
Definition of Gambrel
1. n. The hind leg of a horse.
2. v. t. To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.
Definition of Gambrel
1. Noun. A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering. ¹
2. Noun. (architecture) a roof that has two pitches on each side, where the upper roof area has less slope than the lower roof areas. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gambrel
1. a part of a horse's leg [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gambrel
Literary usage of Gambrel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of Colorado by Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)
"Ora L. gambrel, superintendent of agents for the American Life Insurance Company at
... His father, William gambrel, was also a native of that state and a ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[Dim. of gamb, or var. of the related gambrel.] A leg. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A stick
crooked like a horse's hind leg, used by butchers for suspending a carcass ..."
3. The Colonial Architecture of Salem by Frank Cousins, Phil Madison Riley (1919)
"During these years the gambrel-roof house was the prevailing style, ... The gambrel
roof represents an evolution of the seventeenth-century Mansard roof, ..."
4. Farm Buildings by William Arthur Foster, Deane G. Carter (1922)
"The roofs found on most farm buildings may be grouped into four general classes
of shed, gable, hip, and gambrel. The framing of the monitor and " sawtooth ..."
5. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1824 In a gambrel-roof'd house, by the side of the road, gambrel-roof. See quot.
1858. A gambrel is a crooked piece of wood, on which butchers hang up the ..."
6. Mineral Resources of the Waynesboro Quadrangle, Tennessee by Hugh Dinsmore Miser (1921)
"This plant had been used earlier for concentrating the ore from the Couch mine.
gambrel prospect (67) The gambrel prospect is just west of the Gresham mine. ..."
7. History of Colorado by Wilbur Fiske Stone (1918)
"Ora L. gambrel, superintendent of agents for the American Life Insurance Company at
... His father, William gambrel, was also a native of that state and a ..."
8. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"[Dim. of gamb, or var. of the related gambrel.] A leg. [Prov. Eng.] 2. A stick
crooked like a horse's hind leg, used by butchers for suspending a carcass ..."
9. The Colonial Architecture of Salem by Frank Cousins, Phil Madison Riley (1919)
"During these years the gambrel-roof house was the prevailing style, ... The gambrel
roof represents an evolution of the seventeenth-century Mansard roof, ..."
10. Farm Buildings by William Arthur Foster, Deane G. Carter (1922)
"The roofs found on most farm buildings may be grouped into four general classes
of shed, gable, hip, and gambrel. The framing of the monitor and " sawtooth ..."
11. An American Glossary by Richard Hopwood Thornton (1912)
"1824 In a gambrel-roof'd house, by the side of the road, gambrel-roof. See quot.
1858. A gambrel is a crooked piece of wood, on which butchers hang up the ..."
12. Mineral Resources of the Waynesboro Quadrangle, Tennessee by Hugh Dinsmore Miser (1921)
"This plant had been used earlier for concentrating the ore from the Couch mine.
gambrel prospect (67) The gambrel prospect is just west of the Gresham mine. ..."
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