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Definitions of gambrel in various dictionaries:
noun - a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper
The hock of a horse or other animal.
A frame used by butchers for hanging carcasses by the legs.
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| Common barn roof |
| Hock of a horse |
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| May 5 2012 New York Times |
| Dec 27 2009 The Times - Concise |
| Nov 4 2007 The Times - Concise |
| Oct 21 2001 The Times - Concise |
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| a roof with two sides, each of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. |
| a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper |
| A roof with two sides, each of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. |
| The hock of a horse or other animal. |
| A frame used by butchers for hanging carcasses by the legs. |
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A gambrel or gambrel roof is a usually symmetrical two-sided roof with two slopes on each side. (The usual architectural term in eighteenth-century England and North America was "Dutch roof.") The upper slope is positioned at a shallow angle, while the lower slope is steep. This design provides the advantages of a sloped roof while maximizing headroom inside the building's upper level and shortening what would otherwise be a tall roof. The name comes from the Medieval Latin word gamba, meaning horse's hock or leg. The term gambrel is of American origin, the older, European name being a curb (kerb, kirb) roof. Europeans historically did not distinguish between a gambrel roof and a mansard roof but called both types a mansard. In the United States, various shapes of gambrel roofs are sometimes called Dutch gambrel or Dutch Colonial gambrel with bell-cast eaves, Swedish ~, German ~, English ~ , French ~, or New England gambrel. * The cross-section of a gambrel roof is similar to that of a |