gammon

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 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gammoned p. pr. & vb. n. Gammoning. ] To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke. [ 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. [ 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 ]