gaunch

Verb

ganch (third-person singular simple present ganches, present participle ganching, simple past and past participle ganched)

1. To drop from a high place on sharp stakes or hooks as a punishment.
   • He rose up in his place and rent his dress.
     " Let them be ganched upon the hooks, " he cried,
     " Throughout to-day, but not till they have died.
     Then gather all the slaves, and flay these three
     Alive, before them, that the slaves may see
     What comes to dogs who try to get away.
     So, ganch the three."1923, John Masefield, Selected Poems (poem), Enslaved