"boom vang" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: boom vangs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} boom vang (plural boom vangs)
  1. (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. Wikipedia link: boom vang Categories (topical): Nautical Synonyms (A line system on a sailboat to exert downward force on the boom): kicking strap Translations (system on a sailboat): puomin alasvedin (Finnish), kikkatalja (Finnish), puominvetäjä (Finnish), hale-bas (French)
    Sense id: en-boom_vang-en-noun-nJxisfYW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: nautical, transport

Inflected forms

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