kentledge
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of kentledge
First recorded in 1600–10; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
My breast has felt the last four-and-twenty hours as if a ton of kentledge had been stowed in it.
From Pathfinder; or, the inland sea by Cooper, James Fenimore
By sport of bitter weather We're warty, strained, and scarred From the kentledge on the kelson To the slings upon the yard.
From The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 by Mawson, Douglas, Sir
I'm afraid the two portmanteaus aren't worth very much, as I've—er—disposed of most of the contents, and supplied the weight by pieces of iron kentledge done up in one or other of the daily papers.
From The Recipe for Diamonds by Hyne, Charles John Cutcliffe Wright
Captain Biddle then ordered the remaining anchors cut away, the cables heaved overboard, together with more kentledge, shot, provision, the launch and six guns.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
The nets, booms, kentledge, and grapnels which he arranged around the Argus made a formidable appearance against one torpedo-boat and eight bad oarsmen.
From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 2 by Whymper, Frederick
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
