sea anchor

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noun Nautical.

any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.

Origin of sea anchor

First recorded in 1760–70

Words nearby sea anchor

SDRs, SDS, SDSL, Se, sea, sea anchor, sea anemone, sea aster, sea bag, sea bass, seabeach

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Example sentences from the Web for sea anchor

Here the sea was calm, save for a heavy but smooth ground-swell, and I took in the sea-anchor and began to row.
The Sea-Wolf|Jack London
Blackburn made a sea-anchor for a drag, but in throwing it out lost his mittens overboard.
Pike & Cutlass|George Gibbs
We attached a big timber as a float, and dropped the sea-anchor over again.
The Cruise of the Snark|Jack London
Imagine a hoop of steel that serves to keep open the mouth of a large, conical, canvas bag, and you have a sea-anchor.
The Cruise of the Snark|Jack London

A drag or sea-anchor, usually made of canvas and cone-shaped, is attached to the end of this rope.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3|Various

British Dictionary definitions for sea anchor

sea anchor

noun

nautical any device, such as a bucket or canvas funnel, dragged in the water to keep a vessel heading into the wind or reduce drifting

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单词	sea anchor
释义	sea anchor SEE SYNONYMS FOR sea anchor ON THESAURUS.COM noun Nautical. any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm. Origin of sea anchor First recorded in 1760–70 Words nearby sea anchor SDRs, SDS, SDSL, Se, sea, sea anchor, sea anemone, sea aster, sea bag, sea bass, seabeach Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sea anchor Here the sea was calm, save for a heavy but smooth ground-swell, and I took in the sea-anchor and began to row. The Sea-Wolf\|Jack London Blackburn made a sea-anchor for a drag, but in throwing it out lost his mittens overboard. Pike & Cutlass\|George Gibbs We attached a big timber as a float, and dropped the sea-anchor over again. The Cruise of the Snark\|Jack London Imagine a hoop of steel that serves to keep open the mouth of a large, conical, canvas bag, and you have a sea-anchor. The Cruise of the Snark\|Jack London A drag or sea-anchor, usually made of canvas and cone-shaped, is attached to the end of this rope. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3\|Various British Dictionary definitions for sea anchor sea anchor noun nautical any device, such as a bucket or canvas funnel, dragged in the water to keep a vessel heading into the wind or reduce drifting Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sea anchor anchor, bower, drift anchor, drogue, sheet anchor
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sea anchor

noun Nautical.

Origin of sea anchor

Words nearby sea anchor

Example sentences from the Web for sea anchor

British Dictionary definitions for sea anchor

noun

Words related to sea anchor