Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gambrel

/ˈɡæmbɹəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.81 in modern English

Syllables: gam-brel
IPA: /ˈɡæmbɹəl/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The hind leg of a horse; the hock.

noun

A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.

Obsolete

noun

A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg.

noun

A gambrel roof.

verb

To truss or hang up using a gambrel.

name

Example Sentences

"Within two hours the hog - killed, scalded, and scraped of its hair - was hanging pale from a big tree limb by a gambrel stick run through the tendons of its hind feet"
"They raised him so, gambreled up by the bones in his cheek."
"And meet me; or I'll box you while I have you, And carry you gambril'd thither like a mutton"

Etymology

Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).

Word Breakdown

Root: gamberel

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

gambrels (plural) gambrels (present, singular) gambreling (US, participle) gambrelling (UK, participle) gambreled (US, participle) gambreled (US, past) gambrelled (UK, participle) gambrelled (UK, past)

Phrases

gambrel roof gambrel-roofed

Synonyms

gambrel hook gambrel roof

Rhymes With

gambrell

Questions

How do you pronounce gambrel?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɡæmbɹəl/.
What does gambrel mean?: The hind leg of a horse; the hock.
Where does gambrel come from?: Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).

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