a rope or tackle extended from the boom of a fore-and-aft mainsail to a deck fitting of a vessel when running, in order to keep the boom from riding up
2.
a guy extending from the end of a gaff to the vessel's rail on each side, used for steadying the gaff
Word origin
C18: from Dutch, from vangen to catch
vang in American English
(væŋ)
noun
Nautical
either of two ropes running from the end of a gaff to the deck, used to steady thegaff
Word origin
Du, a catch < vangen, to catch: for base see fang
Examples of 'vang' in a sentence
vang
He sweated up harder on the halyard, cleated it, eased the sheets and set the vang.