drag chain
nounShipbuilding.
one of a number of chains attached to a hull about to be launched in restricted waters in order to slow its motion by dragging along the bottom.
Origin of drag chain
1First recorded in 1785–95
Words Nearby drag chain
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How to use drag chain in a sentence
As for me, I know my place; I am only good for a drag chain.
The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II | Elizabeth Barrett BrowningThe driver managed the drag chain by treading upon an iron lever.
A Journey to America in 1834 | Robert HeywoodLet him mend his breeches with his own drag-chain, as the saying is.
Footprints of Former Men in Far Cornwall | Robert S. HawkerWe descended safely, if the drag chain had snapt we should have been thrown down the precipice.
A Journey to America in 1834 | Robert HeywoodBut the drag-chain on the progress of British intrepidity was at length to be taken of.
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