Gammon
Gammon (gam"mun) , noun
[Old French gambon, French jambon, from Old French gambe leg, French jambe. See Gambol, n., and compare Ham.]
The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. — Goldsmith
Gammon (gam"mun) , transitive verb
To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
Gammon (gam"mun) , noun
[See 2d Game.]
1.
Backgammon.
2.
A victory in the game of backgammon in which one player gammons another, that is, the winner bears off all of his pieces before his opponent bears off any pieces; as, he won the match with three gammons in a row.
3.
An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloquial]
Gammon , transitive verb
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. In certain variants of the game one who gammons an opponent scores twice the normal value of the game.
2.
To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloquial] — Hood
Gammon , transitive verb
[Etymol. unknown.]
(Nautical) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. — Totten