Gambrel
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡæmbɹəl/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gambrel is a noun meaning The hind leg of a horse; the hock.
Meaning
The hind leg of a horse; the hock.
More Meanings
- A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg.
- (architecture) A gambrel roof.
- To truss or hang up using a gambrel.
- (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.
Example Sentences
They raised him so, gambreled up by the bones in his cheek.
And meet me; or I'll box you while I have you, And carry you gambril'd thither like a mutton
Within two hours the hog - killed, scalded, and scraped of its hair - was hanging pale from a big tree limb by a gambrel stick run through the tendons of its hind feet
Word Forms
- gambrels
- gambreling
- gambrelling
- gambreled
- gambrelled
Synonyms for gambrel
Depending on context, synonyms include gabled.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gabled, roofed, hock, hamhock, huckle, hanch.
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