Defn: A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank.
Dryden.
GAMBOL
Gam"bol v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gamboled, or Gambolled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Gamboling or Gambolling.]
Defn: To dance and skip about in sport; to frisk; to skip; to play in frolic, like boys or lambs.
GAMBREL
Gam"brel, n Etym: [OF. gambe, jambe leg, F. jambe. Cf. Cambrel,
Chambrel, and see Gambol. n.]
1. The hind leg of a horse.
2. A stick crooked like a horse's hind leg; — used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals. Gambrel roof (Arch.), a curb roof having the same section in all parts, with a lower steeper slope and an upper and flatter one, so that each gable is pentagonal in form.
GAMBREL
Gam"brel v. t.
Defn: To truss or hang up by means of a gambrel. Beau. & Fl.
GAMBROON
Gam*broon", n.
Defn: A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining. Simmonds.