name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
gambrel
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/ˈɡæmbɹəl/
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CMU ARPABET: G AE1 M B R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The hind leg of a horse; the hock.
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noun
Meaning 3
A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dialectal, historical, obsolete
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noun
Meaning 4
A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: gambrel hook
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A gambrel roof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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verb
Meaning 6
To truss or hang up using a gambrel.
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noun
Meaning 7
a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gambrel roof
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Broader terms: gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof
History
Etymology
Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: taitekatto — roof
- French: toit à deux pentes — roof
- Hungarian: nyeregtető — roof
- Serbo-Croatian: krov sa dva nagiba — roof
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