Gambrel
Gambrel , noun
[Old French gambe, jambe leg, French jambe. Compare Cambrel, Chambrel, and see Gambol. n.]
1.
The hind leg of a horse.
2.
A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Collocations (1)
Gambrel roof (Architecture) , 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.
Gambrel , transitive verb
To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. — Beau. & Fl