Gambrel

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounThe hind leg of a horse.

2.noun(chiefly historical and obsolete outside dialectal) A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.

3.nounA gambrel roof.

4.verbTo truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.

Synonyms

gabled gambrel roof roofed hock hamhock ham hock huckle hanch hipper forehock huckle bone ham shank

Rhymes With

cambrel chambrel abraham brill gambrell gambrill

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