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vang

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vang /vaNG, væŋ /
▸ noun Sailing each of two guy ropes running from the end of a gaff to opposite sides of the deck.
– ORIGIN mid 18th century : variant of obsolete fang, denoting a gripping device, from Old Norse fang ‘grasp’, of Germanic origin.