kedge

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الإنجليزية - الإنجليزية
To move with the help of a kedge, as described above

there was a stretch of twelve miles of channel running in a north-easterly direction which the ship could not possibly negotiate under sail unless a change of wind should occur — of which there seemed to be absolutely no prospect. The only alternative, therefore, would be to kedge those twelve miles; truly a most formidable undertaking for four persons — one of them being a girl — to attempt.

To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it
A glutton
A small anchor used for warping a vessel (also called kedge anchor)

The chaps who had gone off in the cutter had been equally spry with their job, bending on a stout hemp hawser through the ring of the kedge anchor, which they dropped some half a cable's length from the brig, bringing back the other end aboard, where it was put round the capstan on the forecastle.

{i} small anchor used for pulling a ship (Nautical)
To move by means of a light anchor
A small anchor used whenever a large one can be dispensed with
and Anchor, n
See Kedge, v
{f} move a boat by pulling on a rope connected to an anchor (Nautical)
To move (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it
A small anchor
(a) A lightweight anchor; (b) To use that anchor to pull the vessel up to it
To use an anchor to move a boat by hauling on the anchor rode; a basic anchor type
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