kedge-anchorn.
/ˈkɛdʒˌaŋkə/, U.S. /ˈkɛdʒˌæŋkər/ Now rare.
A small anchor with an iron stock used in mooring or warping; = kedge n.
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1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) They..let fall [a small anchor] in the middle of the Stream, and so wend or turn her Head about, lifting the Anchor up again... This work is called Kedging,..and the Anchor..the Kedger, or Kedge-Anchor.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Kedge-Anchors, are small Anchor[s] us'd in calm Weather, and in a slow stream.
1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 2 Came to with our Kedge-Anchor.
1899 F. T. Bullen Log of Sea-waif 110 The miserably slow method of warping out by a kedge-anchor.
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