gambrel
/ˈɡæmbrəl/
noun
- A roof with two slopes on each side, the lower slope being steeper than the upper; also called a gambrel roof.
- Many Dutch colonial houses feature a gambrel roof.
- The old barn had a classic gambrel that gave it extra hay storage space.
- The carpenter measured the angles carefully to build the gambrel.
- A frame or bar used by butchers to hang carcasses by the legs.
- The gambrel made it easy to skin and clean the animal.
- The butcher hung the pig from a gambrel in the cold room.
- He used a stainless steel gambrel to hoist the deer for processing.