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Gambrel A cross-sectional diagram of a mansard roof, which is a hipped gambrel roof. A gambrel or gambrel roof is a usually symmetrical two-sided roof with two slopes on each side. (The usual architectural term in eighteenth-century England and America was Dutch roof.) The upper slope is positioned at a shallow angle, while the lower slope is steep.
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Exterior Styles, Roof Types and Windows A usually-symmetrical two-sided roof with two slopes on each side. The upper slope is positioned at a shallow angle, while the lower slope is steep. A four-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterized by two slopes on each of its sides with the lower slope, punctured by dormer windows, at a steeper angle than the upper. The upper slope of the roof may not be visible from street level when viewed from close proximity to the building.
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- On the use of the word jacks for toilets, see here. Thanks to Darragh (Dublin) Whippersnapper = a young upstart, a cheeky child or youth ; langered = totally drunk, palatic etc ; moithered = bothered, hassled ; gawm = fool, eejit (see below) eccar = exercises, homework for schoolchildren ; gargle = booze, drink, alcohol.
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- ga·mine. n. 1. An often homeless girl who roams about the streets; an urchin. 2. A petite, charming girl or woman, especially one with a playful demeanor.
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- DEFINITION of 'Gadfly'. A slang term for an investor who attends the annual shareholders meeting to criticize the corporation's executives.A gadfly addresses many issues for the shareholders, often grilling the management by asking difficult or embarrassing questions.Next Up. gadfly addresses many issues for the shareholders, often grilling the management by asking difficult or embarrassing questions.
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- noun gob·let \ˈgä-blət\. : a container used for drinking liquids that has a round bowl on top of a stem attached to a flat base.
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gambrel roof Definition of gambrel roof. : a roof with a lower steeper slope and an upper less steep one on each of its two sides — see roof illustration.
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gambol The definition of a gambol is a playful jump or skip. An example of a gambol is a light-hearted hop up a step. Gambol is defined as to jump and skip about playfully. An example of gambol is to lightly hop down the block.
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Roof Gable and hip roofs can also be used for homes with more complicated layouts. The gambrel roof is a type of gable roof with two slopes on each side, the upper being less steep than the lower. The mansard roof is a hipped gambrel roof, thus having two slopes on every side.
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coma (kō′mə) n. pl. co·mae (-mē) 1. Astronomy The nebulous luminescent cloud surrounding the nucleus of a comet and composed of material evaporated from the nucleus when the comet is near the perihelion of its orbit. The nucleus and coma together form the head of a comet. 2. Botany A usually terminal tuft or cluster, especially a tuft of hairs on a seed, as on a willow or milkweed seed. 3. Physics A diffuse, comet-shaped image of a point source of light or radiation caused by aberration in an optical system.
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TUMBRIL tumbrel; tumbril. Hypernyms (tumbril is a kind of...): dumpcart (a cart that can be tilted to empty contents without handling)
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- Gambrell Name Meaning English: unexplained; probably of French origin (see 2). Respelling of French Gambrelle, a reduced form of Gambarelle, a nickname denoting someone with long legs, from a derivative of gambe, Norman and Picard form of jambe ‘leg’.
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gargoyle Definition of gargoyle. 1a : a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a buildingb : a grotesquely carved figure. 2 : a person with an ugly face.
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- The Slouch Hat. The slouch hat is an object strongly associated with Australian identity. Corporal Matthew Walshaw from 4th/3rd Royal New South Wales Regiment adjusts his slouch hat before moving off to form up at the Rocks in Sydney, NSW.
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gimbals Gimbal definition, Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped. See more.
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Gambrel Origins of the gambrel in America. The origin of the gambrel roof form in North America is unknown. The oldest known gambrel roof in America was on the second Harvard Hall at Harvard University built in 1677. Possibly the oldest surviving house in the U.S. with a gambrel roof is the c. 1677–78 Peter Tufts House.
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A Gambrel Roof A Gambrel Roof. Well, let's face it....it's a very attractive roof design, but there are practical considerations, as well. With no interior walls or support posts, our engineered Gambrel Truss design optimizes useable upstairs interior space. This series of diagrams shows just how the second floor lays out in each of our six different truss widths. It also shows you various heights along the interior of the sloped gambrel ceiling, ie.
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gambol gambol Verb (third-person singular simple present gambols, present participle (UK) gambolling or (US) gamboling, simple past and past participle (UK) gambolled or (US) gamboled)
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- A caravel is a three masted sailing ship using lateen rigged sails.   The sails allows the ship to be pushed by the wind, and the ship could change its direction of moveme … nt by setting the sails in particular configurations. Steering was done by a rudder.onfidence votes 211K. A caravel is a sail that was a combination of sails, with the square sails of the European ships and the trinagluar sails of the Arab Lateen.
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- gam·brel. Use gambrel in a sentence. the hock of a horse or similar animal. a frame shaped like a horse's hind leg, used by butchers for hanging carcasses.
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- gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork, AS.
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- 1 He wore a gray uniform with a long coat and heavy leather boots and his face wore a stern, somber expression. 2  You could have gone two ways with this thing and been very sombre and serious about this subject. 3  Sharma reported it all in a deep and somber voice, manly but sensitive.id 18th century: from French, based on Latin sub 'under' + umbra 'shade'. More. If you are in a sombre mood you can be thought of as being under a shadow, rather like those cartoons showing a dark cloud hanging over a person's head.
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gauze gauze. 1. thin and often transparent fabric made from any fiber in a plain or leno weave. 2. a surgical dressing of loosely woven cotton. 3. any material made of an open, meshlike weave, as of wire.oun. 1. gauze - (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings. gauze bandage. bandage, patch-a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body.
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- or parral. 1. Nautical. a sliding ring or collar of rope, wood, or metal that confines a yard or the jaws of a gaff to the mast but allows vertical movement.
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- Full Definition of GABARDINE. 1. : gaberdine 1. 2. a: a firm hard-finish durable fabric (as of wool or rayon) twilled with diagonal ribs on the right side b: a garment of gabardine. See gabardine defined for English-language learners.See gabardine defined for kids. ADVERTISEMENT. a smooth, stiff type of cloth that is often used for suits.
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- 1. gauze - (medicine) bleached cotton cloth of plain weave used for bandages and dressings. gauze bandage. bandage, patch-a piece of soft material that covers and protects an injured part of the body. cotton-fabric woven from cotton fibers.