n. [ OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F. jambe. See Gambol, n., and cf. Ham. ] The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See 2d Game. ] 1. Backgammon. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. A victory in the game of backgammon in which one player gammons another, i. e., 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. [ PJC ]
3. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. 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. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [ Colloq. ] Hood. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Etymol. unknown. ] (Naut.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From 5th Gammon. ] (Naut.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
Gammoning fashion, in the style of gammoning lashing, that is, having the turns of rope crossed. -- Gammoning hole (Naut.), a hole cut through the knee of the head of a vessel for the purpose of gammoning the bowsprit. [ 1913 Webster ]
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