sprangn.
/spraŋ/, U.S. /spræŋ/ rare.† 1. A rung or round of a ladder. Obsolete. rare.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > ladder > [noun] > rung or step
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1527 in E. Hobhouse Church-wardens' Accts. (1890) 143 Payd for sprangs to church lader, ijd.
2. A shoot or branch.
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the world > plants > part of plant > shoot, sprout, or branch > [noun]
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1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xlviii. 414 The walks were choked up..by the long sprangs of the vines and shoots of the standard fruit trees.
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