rare. [Cf. SPRONG, and WFlem. sprange the upper part of a popinjay-pole.]
† 1. A rung or round of a ladder. Obs.–1
1527. Churchw. Acc., Yatton (Somerset Rec. Soc.), 143. Payd for sprangs to church lader, ijd.
2. A shoot or branch.
1847. Alb. Smith, Chr. Tadpole, xlviii. The walks were choked up … by the long sprangs of the vines and shoots of the standard fruit trees.
