gam·brel /ˈgæmbrəl/
踝關節,馬腳狀的鐵鉤,複拆屋頂
Gam·brel v. t. To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.
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Gam·brel n.
1. The hind leg of a horse.
2. A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.
Gambrel roof Arch., a curb roof having the same section in all parts, with a lower steeper slope and an upper and flatter one, so that each gable is pentagonal in form.
gambrel
n : a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower
slope being steeper [syn: gambrel roof]