present participle of vang

A Hmong surname from the Hmong languages of Chinese origin.

(dialectal or obsolete) To take; undertake for. / (dialectal, as a godparent) To undertake for at the baptismal font; be godfather or godmother to.

(nautical) A line extended down from the end of a gaff, used to regulate its position

(sailing) To flatten the sail and regulate its position with such a line.

plural of vang

simple past tense and past participle of vang

A suburb in Basildon borough, Essex, England (OS grid ref TQ7287).

(nautical) A line or piston system on a sailboat used to exert downward force on the boom and thus control the shape of the sail; a martingale.

plural of boom vang