gambrel.
The hind leg of a horse; the hock.
Meaning & usage
The hind leg of a horse; the hock.
A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.
A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg.
A gambrel roof.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).
To truss or hang up using a gambrel.
Where this word comes from
Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).
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