gambrel
Double-sloped barn roof
A gambrel is a type of roof with two slopes on each side—a steeper lower slope and a shallower upper slope, creating more usable space beneath.
The design is characteristic of barns and colonial American houses: a gambrel-roofed Dutch colonial, the old gambrel barn.
Separately, a gambrel is a wooden frame or metal hook used by butchers to hang animal carcasses by the hind legs.
Sloped roof support
- trussLoad-bearing beam arrangement
- gableTriangular wall portion
- ridgeNarrow raised strip
- eavesProjecting roof edges
dormer · purlin · joist · sheathing · shingles · flashing · fascia · soffit
Asymmetrical colonial house style
- mansardDual-sloped roofing style
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- historic preservationProtecting significant old structures
- restorationReturning something to condition
facade · dormer windows · symmetry · shingle siding · clapboard · farmhouse · heritage · 18th-century
Trade for quick loan
- hangSuspend from above
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- slaughterKilling for meat
- meat hookTool for hanging carcasses
dressing · skinning · game · venison · butcher · abattoir · processing · suspension
Barn's upper storage level
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- dairyMilk-based foods collectively
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
farmstead · rural · timber frame · post-and-beam · stable · granary · outbuilding · carriage house
rafter
Sloped roof support
eaves · dormer · purlin · joist · sheathing · shingles · flashing · fascia · soffit · mansard
saltbox
Asymmetrical colonial house style
- mansardDual-sloped roofing style
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- historic preservationProtecting significant old structures
restoration · facade · dormer windows · symmetry · shingle siding · clapboard · farmhouse · heritage · 18th-century · 19th-century
hock
Trade for quick loan
meat hook · dressing · skinning · game · venison · butcher · abattoir · processing · suspension · hind legs
hayloft
Barn's upper storage level
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
- dairyMilk-based foods collectively
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
agriculture · farmstead · rural · timber frame · post-and-beam · stable · granary · outbuilding · carriage house · equipment storage
- roofsgable, hip, flat, mansard, shed
- rooftopsgable, eaves, ridge, dormer, chimney
- game butcheringfield dressing, gutting, skinning, quartering, butchering
- roof framingrafter, purlin, ceiling joist, roof truss, truss
- structural elementsgirder, beam, column, truss, brace
- meatpackingslaughterhouse, meatpacker, abattoirs, meatpacking plant, packing house