gambrel

[ gam-bruh l ]

/ ˈgæm brəl /

the hock of an animal, especially of a horse.

Also called gambrel stick. a wood or metal device for suspending a slaughtered animal.

Origin of gambrel

1540–50; < Old North French gamberel, akin to French jambier legging, jambe leg

It was quite an old frame-building, two stories high, with a gambrel roof and tall chimneys.

Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home |Bayard Taylor
The opposite end is very different, and has a hipped or gambrel gable.

Homes of American Statesmen |Various
The Star and the Crescent have fitted up one room under the gambrel very tastefully.

The College, the Market, and the Court |Caroline H. Dall
It is a square wooden edifice, with gambrel roof and deep-set window-frames.

The Story of a Bad Boy |Thomas Bailey Aldrich

The next roof-form, built from early colonial days, and popular a century ago, was what was known as the gambrel roof.

Home Life in Colonial Days |Alice Morse Earle

gambrel

/ (ˈɡæmbrəl) /

the hock of a horse or similar animal

a frame of wood or metal shaped like a horse's hind leg, used by butchers for suspending carcasses of meat

short for gambrel roof

C16: from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe leg