lampooning

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Now galvanized chain is more commonly used than rope for gammoning.

From The Sailor's Word-Book An Alphabetical Digest of Nautical Terms, including Some More Especially Military and Scientific, but Useful to Seamen; as well as Archaisms of Early Voyagers, etc. by Belcher, Edward, Sir

This enabled the Thisbe’s crew to bring their aftermost gun on the starboard side to bear, the first discharge from which cut away the gammoning of the French frigate’s bowsprit.

From From Powder Monkey to Admiral A Story of Naval Adventure by Webb, Archibald

"He is gammoning his reverence, sir—that is all."

From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles

As she did so, a fortunate shot cut away the gammoning of her bowsprit.

From The Rival Crusoes by Kingston, William Henry Giles

Wills writes on one occasion that they had to wait, and send back for Gray, who was "gammoning" that he could not walk.

From The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 by Favenc, Ernest