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  1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Gammon
  2. n. 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.
  3. n. The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.
  4. 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. 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. The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person. [Colloq.]
  5. The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel issecured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.Gammoning fashion, in the style of gammoning lashing, that is, havingthe turns of rope crossed.-- Gammoning hole (Naut.), a hole cut through the knee of the headof a vessel for the purpose of gammoning the bowsprit.
  6. p. pr. & vb. n. of Gammon n. 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. n. The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.