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

to stang

9.9
To fasten a door or gate with a heavy bar
  • verb
  • Archaic
translation icon : 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 latch
vsto stang
58 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 clamp
vsto stang
47 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
34 2.8

To fasten a door or gate with a sliding metal bar

secures openings with a long bar or pole
to peg
vsto stang
7 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
11 3.4
to lock
∞ 1.0
to stang
  • Archaic
9.9
to fasten
68 1.6
to attach
459 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.