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GAMBREL

\ɡˈambɹə͡l], \ɡˈambɹə‍l], \ɡ_ˈa_m_b_ɹ_əl]\

Definitions of GAMBREL

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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The hind leg of a horse.
To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

The hind leg of a horse.
To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

The hock of an animal as a horse.
A curved stick used to support a carcass while dressing it.
A gambrel roof.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

The hind leg of a horse; a crooked stick used by butchers for suspending animals that have been slaughtered.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

n. [French] The hind leg of a horse;â€”a stick crooked like a horse's leg, used by butchers.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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