gammon shackles (gamonshaklz)

pl. Naut., shackles for securing the gammoning. gammott, n. [Cf. It. gamaut, "the name of a barbers toole," gamanto, "the name of a surgions toole" (Florio), appar. a particular use of gamaut = E. gamut, with some ref. to the shape of the knife. See gamut.] A kind of knife formerly used by surgeons. Scolopomacheria [It.], an instrument to cut out the roots of vlcers or sores, called of our surgeons the incision knife or gammot . Florio .