ganging
/ˈɡæn.d͡ʒɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.42 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A leader used to attach a fishhook to the main line, especially in commercial fishing.
Example Sentences
- "The object of the snood swivels, in which the gangings are so easily adjustable, is to save time in removing the fish and in baiting the hooks."
- "The full length of each tub was just under half a mile and had a total of 270 gangings and hooks if it was a nine-foot rig. Each line was coiled into a wooden barrel three feet in diameter and thirty inches high."
- "Some never-atrophying instinct warned him of danger, of gangings up against him--he was never so dangerous himself as when others considered him surrounded."