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Gambrel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The hind leg of a horse. Hence, in America, a crooked stick used by butchers. A hipped roof is called a gambrel-roof.

Gambrel [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To tie by the leg.

Gambrel [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.