(India) A type of yoke carried on the shoulders, as a means for people to carry a load.
The men, to the number of 800, march in single file, and each man occupies a space of six feet, being obliged to carry a bangy containing his provisions, cooking pots, &c. besides his musket, which is tied to the bangy stick. 1837, Asiatic Society of Bengal, Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, page 267:
(India, historical) A kind of parcel post originally carried by this means.
But her performance of Beethoven’s Sonata No. 30 in E (whose finale includes Baroque references, like a fugato) at times sounded bangy, although there were lovely moments in the Andante. 2009 March 3, The New York Times, “Music in Review”, in New York Times:
(of sounds) Of the nature of a bang.
The customer states that there are a lot of bangy and clangy noises coming from under the hood.