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🪵 A carrying pole 🌿 To sting 🚪 To bar shut
to stang

to stang

9.9
To fasten a door or gate with a heavy bar
  • verb
  • Archaic
: trabar
  • They stang the barn doors with a heavy pole to keep out the wind.

Examples

  • Before leaving, she stanged the gate to make sure no animals could get in.

  • During storms, villagers would stang their shutters for extra protection.

  • Please stang the door shut.

  • He stangs the gate every evening.

  • They stang the barn doors securely with a strong pole to protect against the storm.

  • Before they went on vacation, they stang the shutters to prevent any damage from the wind.

  • To ensure the animals stayed in, she always stang the gate tightly every evening.

Synonyms

to clamp
vsto stang
70 3.3

Fasten something tightly to keep it from moving

secures doors with a bar or pole rather than with tight squeezing
to bolt
vsto stang
41 2.8

To fasten a door or gate with a sliding metal bar

secures openings with a long bar or pole
to latch
vsto stang
20 2.5

To fasten a door or gate with a small metal part

uses a long bar or pole rather than a small catch
to peg
vsto stang
5 2.0

To fasten something using a small pin

uses a longer bar or pole instead of a small inserted pin

How Secure

to padlock
10 3.4
to lock
∞ 1.0
to stang
  • Archaic
9.9
to fasten
73 1.6
to attach
599 2.5

Surface Forms

stang infinitive
stang past
stang past participle
stanging present participle
stangs third person singular

Etymology

Stang as a verb comes from the same idea of a 'pole' and means to put a bar across a door or gate to hold it shut. So to stang a door is simply to fasten it with a pole or bar.