- the hock of a horse or similar animal
- a frame shaped like a horse's hind leg, used by butchers for hanging carcasses
- gambrel roof
Origin of gambrel
Norman French from Old French gambe: see gambgambrel
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gambrel
noun
- The hock of a horse or other animal.
- A frame used by butchers for hanging carcasses by the legs.
Origin of gambrel
French dialectal gamberel from Old North French from gambe leg from Late Latin gamba hoof ; see gambol .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present gambrels, present participle gambrelling, simple past and past participle gambrelled)
- To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.
Origin
Origin uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).
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gambrel - Medical Definition
n.
The hock of a horse or other animal.
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