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noun
1.
the hock of an animal, especially of a horse.
2.
Also called gambrel stick. a wood or metal device for suspending a slaughtered animal.
Origin:
1540–50; < Old North French gamberel, akin to French jambier legging, jambe leg
1540–50; < Old North French gamberel, akin to French jambier legging, jambe leg
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Gambrel
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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World English Dictionary
| gambrel (ˈɡæmbrəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the hock of a horse or similar animal |
| 2. | a frame of wood or metal shaped like a horse's hind leg, used by butchers for suspending carcasses of meat |
| 3. | short for gambrel roof |
| [C16: from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe leg] | |
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Word Origin & History
gambrel
"hipped roof," 1851, short for gambrel roof, so called for its shape, from gambrel "horse's hind leg," earlier (1547) "wooden bar to hang carcasses," from O.N.Fr. gamberel, from gambe "leg," from L.L. gamba (see gambol).
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