gambrel

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

Noun

1. The hind leg of a horse; the hock.
2. (dialectal, historical, obsolete) A bar, usually metal, with a central loop and a hook at each end, used to hang a carcass for butchering.
3. A kind of meathook shaped roughly like a horse's hind leg.
4. A gambrel roof.

Verb

To truss or hang up using a gambrel.

Sinonimai

gambrel roof

hock

curb roof

gable

mansard

mansard roof

Vertimai

jarret

οπίσθιο σκέλος ίππου

toit à deux pentes

Felemenk çatısı

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/ˈɡæmbɹəl/

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).