vanging

Verb (1)

vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged)

1. (dialectal, obsolete) To take; undertake for.
2. (dialectal) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.

Verb (2)

vang (third-person singular simple present vangs, present participle vanging, simple past and past participle vanged)

1. To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line.
   • On a catamaran, the curved track has enough beam to allow the mainsheet to vang the boom throughout its entire arc.1998 February, Yachting, page 62

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