Gambrel

[gæmbrәl]

(noun.) a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper.

Checker: Wyatt--From WordNet

(n.) The hind leg of a horse.

(n.) A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals.

(v. t.) To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel.

Typist: Lycurgus

n. the hock of a horse: a crooked stick used by butchers for suspending a carcass while dressing it.—Gambrel roof a curved or hipped roof.

Checker: Stella