gambrel
IPA: gˈæmbrʌɫ
noun
- The hind leg of a horse; the hock.
- (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.
- A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg.
- (US, architecture) A gambrel roof.
- A surname.
verb
- To truss or hang up using a gambrel.
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Examples of "gambrel" in Sentences
- The building has a gambrel roof.
- This has a similar gambrel roof.
- It has a gambrel roof and dormers.
- The roofing is gambrel covered with tar.
- It has a gambrel roof and is privately owned.
- It features a gambrel roof with long shed dormers.
- It features a broad gambrel roof and continuous dormers.
- A gambrel has four line segments, while a decagon has ten.
- Also on the property is a large gambrel roofed dairy barn.
- There was a claim in the article that a symmetrical gambrel was half a decagon.