Gammoning Synonyms & Definitions

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• GammoningDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.
2. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gammon
3. (n.) The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.

• GammonDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (v. t.) To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person.
2. (v. t.) To impose on; to hoax; to cajole.
3. (n.) Backgammon.
4. (v. t.) To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
5. (v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.
6. (n.) The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.
7. (n.) An imposition or hoax; humbug.