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Definition of the day : « kedge »

  • As in anchor : noun something used to hold another thing securely
Example sentences :
  • "Kedge is too smart to take it all to himself," commented Mr. Martin.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • Do you see the pointed rock a little to the right of the spot where the kedge is placed?
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "Stand by to let go the kedge," Augustin cried, eyeing them gloomily.
  • Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman
  • It was the kedge which had been holding us, to the extent of its small ability.
  • Extract from : « From a Cornish Window » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • It was necessary to get the long-boat into the water to carry out the kedge.
  • Extract from : « In the Wilds of Africa » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • Among other things they had brought a kedge anchor and a hawser.
  • Extract from : « The Three Admirals » by W.H.G. Kingston
  • To get her off, the launch was hoisted out, and the kedge anchor with a hawser, was put into her.
  • Extract from : « Dick Cheveley » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • If it's your plan to kedge, and you think it is necessary, all right.
  • Extract from : « Isle o' Dreams » by Frederick F. Moore
  • Either not stand close in, as they all expected, or let go a kedge.
  • Extract from : « Life of John Coleridge Patteson » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • If, when the kedge is a-weigh, she falls off on the wrong side, let go the anchor.
  • Extract from : « The Seaman's Friend » by Richard Henry Dana