Answer: gibbing

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gibbing(in carpentry or ironwork) a heavy metal strap for fastening two members together
gibbingto fasten (parts) together by means of a gib
gibbinghooked prolongation that develops during the spawning season on the lower jaw of a male salmon or trout
gibbinga. thin, wedgelike strip of metal for controlling the area in which a moving part, as the table of a milling machine, slides b. keylike part having a head at each end, used with a matching cotter as a fastening
gibbingGIB, to fasten with a wedge of wood or metal