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Webster 1913 Edition


Ganch

Ganch

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. F.
ganche
,
Noun.
, also Sp. & Pg.
gancho
hook, It.
gancio
.]
To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment.
Ganching
, which is to let fall from on high upon hooks, and there to hang until they die.
Sandys.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ganch

GANCH

,
Verb.
T.
To drop from a high place on hooks, as the Turks do malefactors, by way of punishment.

Definition 2024


ganch

ganch

English

Verb

ganch (third-person singular simple present ganches, present participle ganching, simple past and past participle ganched)

  1. To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks as a punishment.