[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

ganch \ganch\, v. t. cf. f. ganche, n., also sp.  pg. gancho
   hook, it. gancio.
   to drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the
   turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment.
   1913 webster

         ganching, which is to let fall from on high upon hooks,
         and there to hang until they die.        --sandys.
   1913 webster

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