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gammoning

gammoning noun: rope lashings on the bowsprit of a boat. Also the present participle and gerund of gammon.

Noun

gammoning (plural gammonings)

  1. Rope lashings on the bowsprit of a boat.

Also used as

gammoning is also the present participle and gerund of gammon.

Forms of gammoning

pluralgammonings

Origin of gammoning

From gammon + -ing.

Questions about gammoning

What does gammoning mean?
Gammoning means rope lashings on the bowsprit of a boat.
What part of speech is gammoning?
Gammoning is a noun.
What is the plural of gammoning?
The plural of gammoning is gammonings.

Words near gammoning in the dictionary

  1. Gammond
  2. Gammonds
  3. gammoned
  4. gammoner
  5. gammoners
  6. gammoning
  7. gammonings
  8. gammons
  9. gammopathies
  10. gammopathy
  11. gammy

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