Gambrel

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.
v. t.	1.	To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.

Noun

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gambrel - a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper Synonyms: gambrel roof

ankle, bayonet legs, bowlegs, calf, cnemis, drumstick, foreleg, gamb, gigot, ham, hind leg, hock, jamb, knee, leg, limb, podite, popliteal space, scissor-legs, shank, shin, stems, stumps, tarsus, trotters