Gammon

Gammon may refer to:

  • Gammon bomb, a type of grenade
  • Gammon Technical Products, A US Company specializing in aviation fuel quality control and handling equipment
  • SA-5 Gammon, the NATO designation for the Russian S-200 'Volga' surface-to-air missile system
  • Gammon Construction, a construction company in Hong Kong
  • Gammon Trichoderma, a Biofungicide company in Brazil
  • Steve Gammon, Welsh professional footballer

Gammon may also be:

  • A particular cut of ham and also bacon (from an Old Northern French word jambe for hind-leg of the pig)
  • A synonym for Shelta, the language of the Irish Travellers
  • A nautical term for the rope lashing or iron hardware to attach masts to a boat or ship
  • A victory in backgammon reached before the loser has succeeded in removing a single piece

Famous quotes containing the word gammon:

    A frog he would a-wooing go,
    Heigh ho! says Rowley,
    Whether his mother would let him or no.
    With a rowley, powley, gammon and spinach,
    Heigh ho! says Anthony Rowley.
    Mother Goose (fl. 17th–18th century. A frog he would a-wooing go (l. 1–5)