Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gange \Gange\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Ganged}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Ganging}.] [Of uncertain origin.]
   1. To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the
      hook itself) by winding it with wire.

   2. To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting
      the line around the shank of the hook.