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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In half-an-hour, however, Captain Hull ordered the firing to cease, and the men were again ordered to the boats, and rowing and kedging were kept up till eleven at night.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 1 of 2 by Joel Tyler Headley
"Nice, healthy exercise, this kedging," remarked Bonny, cheerfully, as he came on board.
From Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast by Kirk Munroe
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
While the ships were thus being urged on by towing, kedging, and occasionally by sweeps, an intermittent fire was kept up by the British, and responded to by the "Constitution" from her stern ports.
From The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 by Willis J. (Willis John) Abbot
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
