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Meaning of gambrelled in English:

gambrelled

Pronunciation /ˈɡambr(ə)ld/

adjective

(also gambreled)

  • 1That has been hung or stretched out on a gambrel.

  • 2Of a roof: with two sides, each of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Of a building: provided with a gambrel roof; gambrel-roofed.

    Recorded earliest in
    gambrelled-roofed
    .

Origin

Early 17th century; earliest use found in John Fletcher (1579–1625), playwright. From gambrel + -ed.