tangue

common nouncommon noun

Norman word attested from the end of the 12th century, from Old Norse pang (seaweed), the tangue serving, like seaweed, as a fertilizer; related to tang ("seaweed") in German, tång (id.) in Swedish.

Definition

agriculturemarinegéologie

Plural

tangues

See also

tanguière (cn.) tangues (cn.) tangues (v.)