[vang] 
| a rope extending from the peak of a gaff to the ship's rail or to a mast, used to steady the gaff. |
| vang (vāng) 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.] |