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chambrel
chambrel ? Obs. (ˈtʃæmbrəl) [Another form of cambrel.] The bend or joint of the upper part of a horse's hind leg.1725 Bradley Fam. Dict. s.v. Parts of Horse's Body, The Chambrel or Elbow. 1751 Chambers Cycl. s.v. Horse, The after joint, or bending of the hind leg [is called] the chambrel or elbow. 1...
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Gambrel
Other spellings include gamerel, gamrel, gambril, gameral, gambering, cambrel, cambering, chambrel referring to a wooden bar used by butchers to hang the
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cambrel
cambrel ? Obs. exc. dial. (ˈkæmbrəl) Forms: 5–8 cambrel, 6 camborell, 7 cambrell, cambril, cammeril, 9 dial. camrel, cammeril, cambril, cameral. See also chambrel, gambrel. [It is uncertain whether this is a mere variant or alteration of cambren (given as a synonym by Blount and Bailey, and really a...
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gambrel
ˈgambrel Obs. exc. dial. Forms: 6–7 gambrell, 7 gamberel, gambril(l, gamrell, (8–9 dial. gammerel), 7– gambrel. See also cambrel, chambrel, gamble n.2 [Perh. a. OF. (Norman) *gamberel, the pl. of which occurs in a document of 1452 (Godefroy); ‘Les bouchiers d'Evreux, quant ilz passent parmi le bois ...
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bight
bight (baɪt) Also 4 byȝt, 5 bycht, 6 byght, 7 beight, 7–9 bite. [OE. byht bend, masc., corresp. to MLG. bucht (whence mod.G. bucht ‘bay, bight,’ mod.Du. bocht, also Da., Sw. bugt):—OTeut. *buhti-z, f. būgan to bow. OE. byht ‘bend’ appears to occur in Cod. Dipl. 538 and App. 308. It is to be distingu...
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