Found 2 items, similar to gambrel.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: gambrel gambrel n : a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper [syn: gambrel roof]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Gambrel Gambrel \Gam"brel\ v. t. To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] Gambrel \Gam"brel\, n. [OF. gambe, jambe leg, F. jambe. Cf. Cambrel, Chambrel, and see Gambol. n.] 1. The hind leg of a horse. [1913 Webster] 2. A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]