▪ I. gambeer, v. U.S.
(gæmˈbɪə(r))
[? f. F. gambier a kind of iron hook used in certain trades.]
trans. ‘To gaff (mackerel) when they are swimming in a school beside a vessel’ (Standard Dict.).
Hence gamˈbeering vbl. n.; in quot. attrib.
| 1883 Fisheries Exhib. Catal. 195 Mackerel gaff or gambeering iron..used by New England fishermen. |
▪ II. gambeer
var. gambier.