kedging

Variant of kedge

kedge definition

kedge (kej)

transitive verb kedged, kedging kedg′·ing

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

Etymology: ME caggen, to fasten < ?

intransitive verb

  1. to move a ship by kedging it
  2. to move by being kedged

noun

a light anchor, used esp. in kedging a ship
also kedge anchor

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