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Synonyms for gambrel

Grammar : Noun
Spell : gam-bruh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgæm brəl

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Définition of gambrel

Origin :
  • "hipped roof," 1851, short for gambrel roof, so called for its shape, from gambrel "horse's hind leg" (c.1600), earlier "wooden bar to hang carcasses" (1540s), perhaps from Old North French gamberel, from gambe "leg," from Late Latin gamba (see gambol).
  • As in roof : noun building covering
Example sentences :
  • It has a gambrel roof, and is on the left when the train is going westward.
  • Extract from : « Whittier-land » by Samuel T. Pickard
  • I turned about, and, addressing Gambrel earnestly, entreated him to "hang on to the wheel."
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • The opposite end is very different, and has a hipped or gambrel gable.
  • Extract from : « Homes of American Statesmen » by Various
  • It is a low building, with a gambrel roof and a huge chimney.
  • Extract from : « Not Pretty, But Precious » by John Hay, et al.
  • The Gambrel or Octagonal Roof, and consists of two eight and two nine inch boards thirty-four inches long.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Craftsman » by A. Neely Hall
  • The Star and the Crescent have fitted up one room under the gambrel very tastefully.
  • Extract from : « The College, the Market, and the Court » by Caroline H. Dall
  • The building itself is a stern, dignified, two-story house with a gambrel roof.
  • Extract from : « Historic Homes » by Mary H. Northend
  • Gambrel, gam′brel, n. the hock of a horse: a crooked stick used by butchers for suspending a carcass while dressing it.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) » by Various
  • And often those with the gambrel prolonged the strain, being provokingly slow, in hopes to make the holder drop his burden.
  • Extract from : « Lincoln's Yarns and Stories » by Alexander K. McClure
  • The gambrel roof is shingled, descends low and has dormer windows.
  • Extract from : « The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 » by Various

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