vang
Americannoun
noun
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a rope or tackle extended from the boom of a fore-and-aft mainsail to a deck fitting of a vessel when running, in order to keep the boom from riding up
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a guy extending from the end of a gaff to the vessel's rail on each side, used for steadying the gaff
Etymology
Origin of vang
1760–70; < Dutch: device for securing something; compare vanglijn bow rope, equivalent to vang + lijn line
Example Sentences
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I was so angry "Ek kon slange vang" - meaning, I could wrestle snakes with my bare hands.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2022
It is an anger so powerful: "Ek kan slange vang" - I can wrestle snakes with my bare hands.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2022
Anyone who knows the difference between windward and leeward but not between a boom vang and an outhaul feels apprehensive.
From Time Magazine Archive
Coiling down gear, I discovered that the running part of the spanker vang was off the pin, and trailing over the side.
From The Blood Ship by Springer, Norman
How, Flowerdale, that scoundrel? sirrah, you meeten us well: vang thee that.
From The London Prodigal; "by William Shakespeare." as it was played by the King's Majesties servants. by Unknown
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