Etymology

gambrel

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Today it means: The hind leg of a horse; the hock. Full definition →

Old Northern French gamberel
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  1. Old Northern French · derived fromgamberel
  2. English todaygambrel

Uncertain, perhaps from Old Northern French gamberel, from gambe (“leg”).

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