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noun

gammon

GAM-un/ˈɡæmən/

Meat from a pig’s hind leg preserved with salt or smoke.

The sliced gammon shows cured pink meat beneath its smoked rind.

A whole smoked, bone-in pork hind-leg ham with a cut face and two thick slices, making its leg shape, smoked rind, and cured pink flesh immediately visible.
Etymology
gammonOld North Frenchham

Gambon meant “ham” and was derived from a word for “leg.” The name thus identifies the cut by the animal's body part, rather than by its curing or smoking.

In context

Beyond Shakespeare24:15
We shall have a gammon of bacon roasted and stuffed with oysters
A Maidenhead Well Lost by Thomas Heywood | First Look, part 2 (Beyond Shakespeare Exploring Session)

More examples

  • The recipe calls for soaking the gammon to remove excess salt.
  • He brushes the gammon with a honey glaze before roasting it.
  • We use leftover gammon in sandwiches the next day.

Forms

gammon

Similar words

ham
The usual American term for cured pork from the hind leg.