kedge
/kɛdʒ/ · noun
Meaning
- A small anchor used for warping a vessel; also called a kedge anchor.
- A glutton.
- To warp (a vessel) by carrying out a kedge in a boat, dropping it overboard, and hauling the vessel up to it.
- (of a vessel) To move with the help of a kedge, as described above.
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