a large, canvas-covered device, often cone-shaped, designed to be dragged from a vessel in stormy weather to reduce drifting or to keep the vessel heading into the wind
sea anchor
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sea anchor
noun
NauticalA drag, usually a canvas-covered conical frame, deployed in the water upwind of a vessel to slow its drift or to maintain a desired heading. Also called drogue .
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Noun
(plural sea anchors)
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