| 单词 | catch anchor |
| 释义 | > as lemmascatch anchor More fully catch anchor. A small anchor with an iron stock for warping or hauling off after grounding; = kedge n., kedge-anchor n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > kedge-anchor kedger1497 kedge-anchor1704 catch1759 kedge1769 1759 in W. Wood Logs Conquest Canada (1909) ii. 217 Snow got foule of us by gitting her longside; clear'd hir; sent hir the catch anchor, she having no spaire one. 1791 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse §143 We immediately let go another small anchor or Catch..paying out the hawser of the catch-anchor. 2004 M. Zuehlke Juno Beach (2005) iii. 48 The craft got off the beach by riding the rising tide while the crew winched it back out to sea by reeling in the catch anchor's chain. < as lemmas |
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