- Gammoning fashion
- Gammoning Gam"mon*ing, 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.