gambrel
the hock of an animal, especially of a horse.
Also called gambrel stick . a wood or metal device for suspending a slaughtered animal.
Origin of gambrel
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How to use gambrel in a sentence
The gambrels used in slaughtering times, hay-hooks, long-handled pothooks for brick ovens, could all be cut ready-shaped.
Home Life in Colonial Days | Alice Morse EarleAt butchering time the dead hogs are hung on the scaffold by slipping the gambrels upon the horizontal crosspieces.
Home Pork Making | A. W. FultonGambrels should be provided of different lengths, if the hogs vary much in size.
Home Pork Making | A. W. Fulton
British Dictionary definitions for gambrel
/ (ˈɡæmbrəl) /
the hock of a horse or similar animal
a frame of wood or metal shaped like a horse's hind leg, used by butchers for suspending carcasses of meat
short for gambrel roof
Origin of gambrel
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