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kedging
kedging n. 
/ˈkɛdʒɪŋ/ (also caggering (?) cagg(e)ing, kaggyng) warping with a kedge-anchor; also attributive.
/ˈkɛdʒɪŋ/ (also caggering (?) cagg(e)ing, kaggyng) warping with a kedge-anchor; also attributive.ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > propelling other than by sail or oars > [noun] > by hauling on anchor
kedging1485
1485 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 52 Cables..vj, Caggering [sic] cables..j.
1486 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 12 A caggeyng cable weying ml c iij quarterons.
1486 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 18 Caggyng cable..j.
1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 192 Kaggyng Ankers..ij.
1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 290 Ankers of diuerse sortes..Caggyng Ankers j, Warpyng Ankers j.
1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 29 They row by her with an Anchor in a boat, and..so by a Hawser winde her head about,..and this is kedging.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. (at cited word) They..let fall [a small anchor] in the middle of the Stream, and so wend or turn her Head about, lifting the Anchor up again... This work is called Kedging,..and the Anchor..the Kedger, or Kedge-Anchor.
1830 F. Marryat King's Own III. ii. 36 I presume you are not used to kedging, captain.
1891 Times 24 Oct. 6/6 That he had, during a calm, propelled the Minnow by means of kedging.
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