Results for Kedge

Definitions of Kedge:

part of speech: verb transitive

To move ( a vessel, raft, etc.) by operating such an anchor.

part of speech: noun

A small anchor used in light work.

part of speech: verb transitive

To move by means of a kedge, to warp.

part of speech: noun

A small anchor used to keep a ship steady in a harbour or river, particularly at the time of the tide, or to remove her from one part to another.

part of speech: noun

A small anchor for keeping a ship steady and for warping the ship.

Usage examples for Kedge:

• The captain throws out a kedge anchor, and in a mysterious way we pull ourselves off by hawsers, as a man lifts himself by his own boot- straps. "The New North", Agnes Deans Cameron