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Definition of: gambrel
(gam′brəl) noun
1. The hock of an animal.
2. A stick used for hanging meat.
3. Archit. A roof having its slope broken by an obtuse angle: also called gambrel roof. [<OF gamberel, dim. of gambe leg <LL gamba]
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