Definitions for: Gammon


[n] hind portion of a side of bacon
[n] meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)



Webster (1913) Definition: Gam"mon (-m[u^]n), 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.


Gam"mon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gammoned (-m[u^]nd); p.
pr. & vb. n. Gammoning.]
To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.


Gam"mon, n. [See 2d Game.]
1. Backgammon.

2. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.]


Gam"mon, 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.

2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq.] --Hood.


Gam"mon, 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.

Synonyms: ham, jambon

See Also: bacon, cut of pork, flitch, prosciuto, side of bacon, Virginia ham

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