1. A person who wanders from place to place; a vagrant or wanderer.
Usage: chiefly Scottish or archaic

1. Thin, lanky, or gaunt in appearance; having a loose or ungainly frame.
Usage: chiefly Scottish or archaic

Examples

• The old gangrel shuffled down the road with all his possessions in a worn sack.
• He had a gangrel appearance, all elbows and knees, as if his limbs didn't quite fit together.
• In the Scottish Highlands, a gangrel might travel from village to village seeking work and shelter.
• The gangrel youth seemed to have no fixed home or family.
• Her gangrel frame made her look taller and thinner than she actually was.