"gambrel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈɡæmbɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-gambrel.wav [US] Forms: gambrels [plural]
Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{der|en|fro-nor|gamberel}} Old Northern French gamberel, {{m|fro|gambe||leg}} gambe (“leg”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gambrel (plural gambrels)
  1. The hind leg of a horse; the hock. Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-gambrel-en-noun-UDslZhvo Disambiguation of Tools: 12 32 11 10 36
  2. (chiefly historical and obsolete outside dialects) A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering. Tags: dialectal, historical, obsolete Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-gambrel-en-noun-y0ZHEoTz Disambiguation of Tools: 12 32 11 10 36
  3. A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg. Categories (topical): Tools Synonyms: gambrel hook
    Sense id: en-gambrel-en-noun-3Ry5LAOJ Disambiguation of Tools: 12 32 11 10 36
  4. (US, architecture) A gambrel roof. Tags: US Categories (topical): Architecture, Roofing, Tools Categories (lifeform): Animal body parts Translations (roof): taitekatto (Finnish), toit à deux pentes [masculine] (French), nyeregtető (Hungarian), krov sa dva nagiba (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-gambrel-en-noun-0ojaZAIz Disambiguation of Roofing: 20 9 17 43 11 Disambiguation of Tools: 12 32 11 10 36 Disambiguation of Animal body parts: 27 9 18 35 10 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 25 3 23 45 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 4 23 44 4 Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'roof': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gambrel roof, gambrel-roofed

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈɡæmbɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-gambrel.wav [US] Forms: gambrels [present, singular, third-person], gambrelling [participle, present], gambreling [participle, present], gambrelled [participle, past], gambrelled [past], gambreled [participle, past], gambreled [past]
Etymology: Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”). Etymology templates: {{unc|en}} Uncertain, {{der|en|fro-nor|gamberel}} Old Northern French gamberel, {{m|fro|gambe||leg}} gambe (“leg”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++|past2=gambreled|pres_ptc2=gambreling}} gambrel (third-person singular simple present gambrels, present participle gambrelling or gambreling, simple past and past participle gambrelled or gambreled)
  1. To truss or hang up using a gambrel. Categories (topical): Tools
    Sense id: en-gambrel-en-verb-wsJ9zlzj Disambiguation of Tools: 12 32 11 10 36

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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