Within two hours the hog - killed, scalded, and scraped of its hair - was hanging pale from a big tree limb by a gambrel stick run through the tendons of its hind feet
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Gambrel
/ˈɡæmbɹəl/
Synonyms for "gambrel" (36 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (18)
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More general
8 entriesarchitectural featuregable roofhanging devicemeat processing equipmentroofsaddle roofsaddlebacksaddleback roof
More specific
4 entriesbarn roofbutcher's gambrelmeat-hanging frametwo-slope roof
Collocations
5 entriesbarn roofbutcher gambrelgambrel roofmeat hanging framemeat rack
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
2 entriesgambrel roofmeat gambrel
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
They raised him so, gambreled up by the bones in his cheek.
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And meet me; or I'll box you while I have you, And carry you gambril'd thither like a mutton
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