What does gambrel mean?
Gambrel means The hind leg of a horse; the hock..
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/ˈɡæmbɹəl/ · noun
The hind leg of a horse; the hock..
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
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
Use gambrel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gambrel means The hind leg of a horse; the hock..
Common synonyms include gambrel hook, gabled, gambrel roof.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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
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