gambrel : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: gambrel	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for gambrel
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gambrel n a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper Synonym(s): gambrel, gambrel roof
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gambrel \Gam"brel\, n. [OF. gambe, jambe leg, F. jambe. Cf. {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. {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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gambrel \Gam"brel\ v. t. To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. --Beau. & Fl.