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[syn: gambrel, gambrel roof]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gambrel \Gam"brel\, n. [OF. gambe, jambe leg, F. jambe. Cf.
Cambrel, Chambrel, and see Gambol. n.]
1. The hind leg of a horse.
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2. A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by
butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
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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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
gambrel roof
n 1: a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower
slope being steeper [syn: gambrel, gambrel roof]