Obs. rare. [a. Welsh cambren, a combination of cam crooked + pren wood, stick, applied in Wales both to the butcher’s cambrel, and to the swingle-tree used when one horse is yoked in front of another. (The latter in Anglesea is called bombren.)] = CAMBREL 1.
1656. in Blount, Glossogr.
1721. Bailey, Cambren, a crooked Stick with Notches on it, on which Butchers hang their meat.
1731–1800. [see prec. 1].
