kedge
verb (used with object)
to warp or pull (a ship) along by hauling on the cable of an anchor carried out from the ship and dropped.
kedging
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present participleof kedge.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The captain of one of the enemy's frigates now sees the game, and tries kedging, but does not get near enough to throw a shot.
From Hero Stories from American History For Elementary Schools by Albert F. Blaisdell
We were a brig of a hundred and eighty tons, and there was nothing to be done with poling; nor was kedging going to help us at this the first quarter of ebb.
From The Honour of the Flag by W. Clark (William Clark) Russell
Now they pulled the ships by boats and now by kedging.
From Stories of Our Naval Heroes Every Child Can Read by Jesse Lyman Hurlbut
The first, a timber vessel, missing her course a little, went on the beach; but at the next tide, by carrying an anchor into deep water and kedging, she was floated again.
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
From thence, after two days' incessant kedging and towing, we anchored off the town of Kuchin, on the morning of the 8th instant.
From Borneo and the Indian Archipelago with drawings of costume and scenery by Frank Marryat
