gammon vs housing

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). 

housing

noun
  • That portion of a mast or bowsprit which is beneath the deck or within the vessel. 

  • A mechanical component's container or covering. 

  • Residences, collectively. 

  • A niche for a statue. 

  • A houseline. 

  • A cover or cloth for a horse's saddle, as an ornamental or military appendage; a saddlecloth; a horse cloth; in plural, trappings. 

  • The activity of enclosing something or providing a residence for someone. 

  • An appendage to the harness or collar of a harness. 

  • The space taken out of one solid to admit the insertion of part of another, such as the end of one timber in the side of another. 

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