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Pronunciation : Gam"brel
Part of Speech : n
Etymology : [OF. gambe, jambe leg, F. jambe. Cf. Cambrel, Chambrel, and see Gambol. n.]
Definition : 1. The hind leg of a horse.

2. A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals. 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gam"brel v. t.
Definition : Defn: To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. Beau. & Fl.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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