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gam⋅brel

  [gam-bruhl]
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–noun
1. the hock of an animal, esp. of a horse.
2. Also called gambrel stick. a wood or metal device for suspending a slaughtered animal.
Origin:
1540–50; < ONF gamberel, akin to F jambier legging, jambe leg
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Gambrel
500 lb. game preparation gambrel Free shipping on every order!
Kotulas.com/Gambrel
Game Gambrel $29.95
Fully Adjustable for Hogs & Deer Makes Cleaning Easy - Ships UPS
www.TexasHunterProducts.com
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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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