barge vs gammon

barge

noun
  • A large flat-bottomed coastal trading vessel having a large spritsail and jib-headed topsail, a fore staysail and a very small mizen, and having leeboards instead of a keel. 

  • A richly decorated ceremonial state vessel propelled by rowers for river processions. 

  • A large flat-bottomed towed or self-propelled boat used mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods or bulk cargo. 

  • The wooden disk in which bread or biscuit is placed on a mess table. 

  • One of the boats of a warship having fourteen oars 

  • A double-decked passenger or freight vessel, towed by a steamboat. 

verb
  • To push someone. 

  • To intrude or break through, particularly in an unwelcome or clumsy manner. 

gammon

noun
  • A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning). 

  • Backgammon (the game itself). 

  • A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone. 

  • A cut of quick-cured pork leg. 

  • A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively. 

verb
  • To lash with ropes (on a ship). 

  • To cure bacon by salting. 

  • To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone). 

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