Vang
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[vang] Pronunciation Key
[vang] Pronunciation Key –noun Nautical.
| a rope extending from the peak of a gaff to the ship's rail or to a mast, used to steady the gaff. |
[Origin: 1760–70; < D: device for securing something; cf. vanglijn bow rope, equiv. to vang + lijn line]
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(vāng) Pronunciation Key
n. Nautical A rope running from the peak of a gaff to a ship's rail or mast, used to steady the gaff. [Dutch, a catch, from vangen, to catch; see pag- in Indo-European roots.] |
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Vang\, n. [D. vangen to catch, seize. See Fang.] (Naut.) A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.
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