gammoning

verb

Meaning

To cure bacon by salting.
To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
To lash with ropes (on a ship).
To deceive; to lie plausibly to.
Rope lashings on the bowsprit of a boat.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

jambon(English)ham(English)gaff rig(English)balk(English)cordeling(English)dead man's rope(English)baglo(English)fishing-smack(English)

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data

gammoning — meaning and etymology | WikiWord