Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Nautical, formerly, a chain or rope lashing by which the bowsprit was lashed down to the stem; now, an arrangement of iron bands secured by nuts and screws.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun colloq. The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.
- noun (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.
- noun in the style of gammoning lashing, that is, having the turns of rope crossed.
- noun (Naut.) a hole cut through the knee of the head of a vessel for the purpose of gammoning the bowsprit.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Rope lashings on thebowsprit of aboat . - verb Present participle of
gammon .
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Examples
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They did not entirely believe in Gray's complaints, they thought he was "gammoning" -- trying to get out of his fair share of the work.
The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told Underwood, Lamar 2001
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Of these, the most important is called the gammoning, which consists of a strong and well-stretched hawser, passed up and down successively, in perpendicular turns, over the bowsprit and through a hole horizontally cut in the stem.
The Lieutenant and Commander Hall, Basil, 1788-1844 1862
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"I can't make any promise," replied I. "Then I can't tell," replied he, "so I may e'en go on deck and tell father that I cannot manage it;" and as he said the latter part of this speech, the undaunted little villain actually laughed at the idea of gammoning his father, as he termed it.
The Privateersman Frederick Marryat 1820
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"I can't make any promise," replied I. "Then I can't tell," replied he, "so I may e'en go on deck and tell father that I cannot manage it;" and as he said the latter part of this speech, the undaunted little villain actually laughed at the idea of gammoning his father, as he termed it.
The Privateer's-Man One hundred Years Ago Frederick Marryat 1820
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Wills writes on one occasion that they had to wait, and send back for Gray, who was "gammoning" that he could not walk.
The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Ernest Favenc 1876
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At this unexpected answer, a hoarse murmur arose from the deputation; and the same gentleman who had expressed an opinion relative to the gammoning nature of the introductory speech, again made a monosyllabic demonstration, by growling out ‘Resign!’
Nicholas Nickleby 2007
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"I do believe you are gammoning us," Dorothy said.
The Last Gamble Nichols, Mary 1996
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The boatswain was standing on the cat-head, the bowsprit had been stepped for three hours; the gammoning and every thing on; and he was directing the men in rigging out the jib-boom, when suddenly he felt himself driven upwards and fell into the sea.
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That's the way with men, -- if you're not always buckin 'around gammoning you think 'em somebody, they get like
Some Everyday Folk and Dawn Miles Franklin 1916
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"D'you mean to say you ain't been gammoning me?" demanded the mate, seizing him by the collar.
chained_bear commented on the word gammoning
See gammoning the bowsprit.
October 13, 2008