kedge

Example Sentences

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He dropped a kedge at the caucus room door, and rode up into the eye of a gentle breeze, and backed his mainsail.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Admiral trimmed ship and hauled himself off the reef with his kedge, and stood off majestically down the corridors of the Senate Office Building.

From Time Magazine Archive

The boat lay riding to her kedge at less than twenty yards from shore.

From The Wireless Officer by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

"We'll have to get the kedge over," he said.

From Thrice Armed by Bindloss, Harold

They had moored the craft carefully, but he supposed she must have dragged her anchor or kedge and swung in near enough the shore to ground towards low-tide.

From The Protector by Bindloss, Harold