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water-gang

water-gang noun: a passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.

Noun

water-gang (plural water-gangs)

  1. (UK, obsolete) A passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.
    • Forty shillings per acre is the price taken for banks, ditches, and water gangs1832, Joseph and Edward Parker (editors), The Edinburgh Encyclopædia

Forms of water-gang

pluralwater-gangs

Origin of water-gang

Compare gangway.

Questions about water-gang

What does water-gang mean?
Water-gang means a passage for water, such as was usually made in a sea wall, to drain water out of marshes.
What part of speech is water-gang?
Water-gang is a noun.
What is the plural of water-gang?
The plural of water-gang is water-gangs.

Words near water-gang in the dictionary

  1. water-fearing
  2. water-fears
  3. water-free
  4. water-gall
  5. water-galls
  6. water-gang
  7. water-gangs
  8. water-gum
  9. water-hole
  10. water-holes
  11. water-hugging

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