kedge-anchor Now rare.
[f. kedge v. Rarely catch-anchor: see catch n.3]
A small anchor with an iron stock used in mooring or warping; = kedge n.
| 1704 [see prec.]. 1706 Phillips, 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 Sea-waif 110 The miserably slow method of warping out by a kedge-anchor. |