| Gambrel 1. (n.) The hind leg of a horse. 2. (n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals. 3. (v. t.) To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. Thesaurus Entries ankle, bayonet legs, bowlegs, calf, cnemis, drumstick, foreleg, gamb, gigot, ham, hind leg, hock, jamb, knee, leg, limb, podite, popliteal space, scissor-legs, shank, shin, stems, stumps, tarsus, trotters |