'Gambrel roof' definitions:
Definition of 'gambrel roof'
(from WordNet)
noun
A gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper [syn: gambrel, gambrel roof]
Definition of 'Gambrel roof'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Gambrel roof (Arch.), a curb roof having the same section in all parts, with a lower steeper slope and an upper and flatter one, so that each gable is pentagonal in form. [1913 Webster]