vang
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Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Middle English vangen, southern variant of fangen (“to seize, catch”), from Old English fōn (“to take, grasp, seize, catch, capture, make prisoner, receive, accept, assume, undertake, meet with, encounter”), and Old Norse fanga (“to fetch, capture”), both from Proto-Germanic *fanhaną, *fangōną (“to catch, capture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂ḱ- (“to fasten, place”).
Cognate with West Frisian fange (“to catch”), Dutch vangen (“to catch”), German fangen (“to catch”), Danish fange (“to catch”). More at fang.
Verb
vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Dutch vangen (“to catch”). Ultimately a doublet of etymology one.
Noun
vang (plural vangs)
- (nautical) A line extended down from the end of a gaff, used to regulate its position
- 2013, Frank Bethwaite, Fast Handling Technique, page 141:
- Having the vang and the Cunningham in the right spot can be beneficial.
Hyponyms
Translations
Verb
vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged)
- (sailing) To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line.
- 1998 February, Yachting, page 62:
- On a catamaran, the curved track has enough beam to allow the mainsheet to vang the boom throughout its entire arc.
- 1999 January, Cruising World, volume 25, number 1, page 80:
- The Patented Hoyt Jib Boom adds to offwind speed by vanging the jib and acting as a built in whisker pole.
- 2018, Henry R. Danielson, Island People: Finding Our Way:
- We needed to vang the main, pull it down to flatten it, and make it more efficient.
Anagrams
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *uang-, from Proto-Indo-European *wen(H)g- (“to be bent, curved”). Cognate to Lithuanian vìngis (“bow, crooking”) and Old High German wankon (“to shake, totter, stagger”).
Noun
vang m
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology
Noun
vang
- a meadow; an uncultivated, grassy piece of land
Declension
Declension of vang
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From vangen.
Noun
vang f (plural vangen)
- the brake wheel of a windmill, a brake
Alternative forms
Derived terms
- bandvang
- blokvang
- stutvang
- vangstok
- vangstuk
- vangtouw
- Vlaamse vang
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
vang
- inflection of vangen:
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