The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gange \Gange\ (g[a^]nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ganged (g[a^]njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Ganging (g[a^]n"j[i^]ng).] [Of uncertain origin.]
To protect (the part of a line next a fishhook, or the hook itself) by winding it with wire.
To attach (a fishhook) to a line or snell, as by knotting the line around the shank of the hook.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: gang)
Usage examples of "ganged".
I thought about how she was when the dust bunnies ganged up on her, how she'd scream n how she trembled like an animal that's been backed into a corner by a bigger creature that means to tear it to pieces.
Them hunters was all ganged up with their backs to the dance hall, all bent over whilst they was apparently trying to pull Croghan out of some hole he'd fell into headfirst.
If he broke the law or even if he were found out, the neo- Nazis would spin it as if they were being persecuted, ganged up on.
They'd ganged up on her, Laura fumed as she yanked the pearl gray Miska cocktail dress out of her closet.