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kedge anchor

Variant of kedge

transitive verb kedged, kedging

to move (a ship) by hauling on a rope fastened to an anchor that has been dropped some distance from it

Origin: ME caggen, to fasten < ?

intransitive verb

to move a ship by kedging it
to move by being kedged

noun

a light anchor, used esp. in kedging a ship

also kedge anchor

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