verb🔗ShareTo cure bacon by salting."My grandfather spends his weekends gammoning bacon in his smokehouse, a skill passed down through generations. "foodagricultureprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).""Even though Mark was ahead, Maria kept gammoning him in their backgammon match, delaying his victory and preventing him from bearing off any stones." "gameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo lash with ropes (on a ship)."The sailors were gammoning the spar to the mast to secure it before the storm hit. "nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareTo deceive; to lie plausibly to.""He was gammoning when he said he'd finished his homework; I saw him playing video games the whole time." "communicationlanguagecharacterwordmoralChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRope lashings on the bowsprit of a boat."The sailor carefully checked the gammoning on the bowsprit, making sure the lashings were tight before setting sail. "nauticalsailingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading