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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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gam·brel   (gām'brəl)   
n.  

  1. The hock of a horse or other animal.

  2. A frame used by butchers for hanging carcasses by the legs.


[French dialectal gamberel, from Old North French, from gambe, leg, from Late Latin gamba, hoof; see gambol.]
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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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