GAMBREL

gambrel. Gambrel, n. one of the hind legs of a horse

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Gam″brel (?), n. [[OF. gambe, jambe leg, F. jambe. Cf. Cambrel, Chambrel, and see Gambol. n.]] 1. 1. The hind leg of a horse.
2. 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.