Gammoning

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  • n. Rope lashings on the bowsprit of a boat.
  • v. Present participle of gammon.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. 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.
    • Word Usage
    "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."
    Verb Stem
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