Word.ws English Dictionary

gambreling

gambreling is the present participle and gerund 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

See all 6 meanings of gambrel

Questions about gambreling

What is gambreling the present participle and gerund of?
Gambreling is the present participle and gerund of gambrel.

Words near gambreling in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: gambreling (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “gambreling.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/gambreling. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.