gambrel, n. [OF. gambe, jambe leg, F. jambe. Cf. Cambrel, Chambrel, and see Gambol. n.].
The hind leg of a horse. [1913 Webster]
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.
gambrel, v. t.
To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]