English Explanatory Dictionary

Gange

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Norman.
verb
  1. To protect (the part of a fishing line next to a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
  2. To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook.

Word forms

Gange Ganges ganging ganged

Etymology

Probably of Norman origin.

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