gammon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
    jambon; ham.
  2. noun hind portion of a side of bacon

WordNet

Gam"mon noun
Etymology
OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F. jambe. See Gambol, n., and cf. Ham.
Definitions
  1. The buttock or tight of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. Goldsmith.
Gam"mon transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Gameed ; present participle & verbal noun Gameing
Definitions
  1. To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
Gam"mon noun
Etymology
See 2d Game.
Definitions
  1. Backgammon.
  2. An imposition or hoax; humbug. Colloq.
Gam"mon transitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. Colloq. Hood.
Gam"mon transitive verb
Etymology
Etymol. unknown.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. Totten.

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