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.
was kedging
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past progressiveof kedge.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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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
