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gambreled

gambreled is the simple past and past participle of gambrel.

Meaning of gambrel

Verb

gambrel (third-person singular simple present gambrels, present participle (US) gambreling or (UK) gambrelling, simple past and past participle (US) gambreled or (UK) gambrelled)

  1. To truss or hang up using a gambrel.
    • They raised him so, gambreled up by the bones in his cheek.1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 9

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Questions about gambreled

What is gambreled the simple past and past participle of?
Gambreled is the simple past and past participle of gambrel.

Words near gambreled in the dictionary

  1. gambos
  2. gambrel
  3. gambrel roof
  4. gambrel roofs
  5. gambrel-roofed
  6. gambreled
  7. gambreling
  8. Gambrell
  9. gambrelled
  10. gambrelling
  11. Gambrells

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gambreled (page history and authors); gambrel (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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