• (n.) To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment.
Ganch transitive verb [ Confer French ganche , noun , also Spanish & Portuguese gancho hook, Italian gancio .] To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment. « Ganching , which is t...