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Definition of Gambrels
1. gambrel [n] - See also: gambrel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gambrels
Literary usage of Gambrels
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook by Lake Placid club, Lake Placid Club (N.Y., Lake Placid Club (N.Y.), Cyclists Touring Club, Muskegon Yacht Club, Western Australian Naturalists' Club, Frankston Yacht Club (1901)
"... 5 rooms) have coverd piazzas and water and drainage near at hand, thus affording
every convenience to those who prefer to sleep under canvas. gambrels. ..."
2. History of Johnson County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, and Its (1883)
""The gambrels are hung on wheels which run on an iron way and carry the hog ...
Here, still on the gambrels, they are ranged in long rows and allowed to ..."
3. The Architecture of Colonial America by Harold Donaldson Eberlein (1915)
"Generally speaking, the New England gambrels have the pitch from the eaves much
steeper and shorter while the top pitch is longer than in the Dutch houses. ..."
4. Western Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Archipelago by Edward T. Tozer, R. Thorsteinsson (1905)
"In addition, it was stated by Taylor, a Commonwealth's witness, that he saw the
gambrels that night before they reached the Messer house; one of them asked ..."
5. Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1898)
"The gambrels used in slaughtering times, hay-hooks, long-handled pothooks for
brick ovens, could all be cut ready-shaped. The smaller underbrush and ..."
6. American Agriculturist (1848)
"... sinking into the mud over his fetlocks, and sometimes up to his knee« and
gambrels, and when he found that he could not succeed in throwing his rider, ..."
7. Handbook by Lake Placid club, Lake Placid Club (N.Y., Lake Placid Club (N.Y.), Cyclists Touring Club, Muskegon Yacht Club, Western Australian Naturalists' Club, Frankston Yacht Club (1901)
"... 5 rooms) have coverd piazzas and water and drainage near at hand, thus affording
every convenience to those who prefer to sleep under canvas. gambrels. ..."
8. History of Johnson County, Iowa: Containing a History of the County, and Its (1883)
""The gambrels are hung on wheels which run on an iron way and carry the hog ...
Here, still on the gambrels, they are ranged in long rows and allowed to ..."
9. The Architecture of Colonial America by Harold Donaldson Eberlein (1915)
"Generally speaking, the New England gambrels have the pitch from the eaves much
steeper and shorter while the top pitch is longer than in the Dutch houses. ..."
10. Western Queen Elizabeth Islands, Arctic Archipelago by Edward T. Tozer, R. Thorsteinsson (1905)
"In addition, it was stated by Taylor, a Commonwealth's witness, that he saw the
gambrels that night before they reached the Messer house; one of them asked ..."
11. Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (1898)
"The gambrels used in slaughtering times, hay-hooks, long-handled pothooks for
brick ovens, could all be cut ready-shaped. The smaller underbrush and ..."
12. American Agriculturist (1848)
"... sinking into the mud over his fetlocks, and sometimes up to his knee« and
gambrels, and when he found that he could not succeed in throwing his rider, ..."
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