gambrel-roof
1Gambrel roof — Gambrel Gam brel, n. [OF. gambe, jambe leg, F. jambe. Cf. {Cambrel}, {Chambrel}, and see {Gambol}. n.] 1. The hind leg of a horse. [1913 Webster] 2. A stick crooked like a horse s hind leg; used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.… …
2gambrel roof — ☆ gambrel roof n. a roof with two slopes on each of its two sides, the lower steeper than the upper …
3gambrel roof — noun a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper • Syn: ↑gambrel • Hypernyms: ↑gable roof, ↑saddle roof, ↑saddleback, ↑saddleback roof * * * noun : a curb roof of the same section in all parts with …
4gambrel roof — gambrel roofed, adj. a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Cf. mansard (def. 1). See illus. under roof. [1755 65, Amer.] * * * …
5gambrel roof — /ˈgæmbrəl ruf/ (say gambruhl roohf) noun 1. a roof having a small gablet at the summit of a hipped end. 2. US a mansard roof. –gambrel roofed, adjective …
6gambrel roof — noun Date: 1765 a roof with a lower steeper slope and an upper less steep one on each of its two sides see roof illustration …
7gambrel-roof — n. Curb roof, mansard roof …
8gambrel roof — gam′brel roof′ n. archit. a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one • Etymology: 1755–65, amer …
9gambrel roof — noun A roof design having two slopes on the sides and gables in the ends …
10Gambrel Roof — arched roof that has two sections on each side that each have a different angle of slope …
