Gammoning
Gammoning , noun
[From 5th Gammon.]
(Nautical) 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.
Collocations (2)
Gammoning fashion , in the style of gammoning lashing, that is, having the turns of rope crossed.
Gammoning hole (Nautical) , a hole cut through the knee of the head of a vessel for the purpose of gammoning the bowsprit.
Gammoning , noun
[From 4th Gammon.]
The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person. [Colloquial]