kentledge

[ kent-lij ]

/ ˈkɛnt lɪdʒ /

noun Nautical.

pig iron used as permanent ballast.

Origin of kentledge

First recorded in 1600–10; origin uncertain

Words nearby kentledge

Kentish, Kentish fire, Kentish glory, Kentishman, Kentish tracery, kentledge, Kenton, Kent State, Kentuck, Kentuckian, Kentucky

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Example sentences from the Web for kentledge

I think you had better speak to Captain Kentledge on the subject.
Pencil Sketches|Eliza Leslie
The ward-room was then scuttled to get at the kentledge, twelve tons of which were thrown overboard.
The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2|J. T. Headley.
My breast has felt the last four-and-twenty hours as if a ton of kentledge had been stowed in it.
The Pathfinder|James Fenimore Cooper
Kentledge, kent′lej, n. pig-iron laid in a ship's hold for ballast.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various

She is ballasted with utilities; not altogether with unusable pig-lead and kentledge.
Moby Dick; or The Whale|Herman Melville

British Dictionary definitions for kentledge

kentledge

/ (ˈkɛntlɪdʒ) /

noun

nautical scrap metal used as ballast in a vessel

Word Origin for kentledge

C17: perhaps from Old French quintelage ballast, from quintal hundredweight, ultimately from Arabic qintār; see kantar

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单词	kentledge
释义	kentledge [ kent-lij ] / ˈkɛnt lɪdʒ / noun Nautical. pig iron used as permanent ballast. Origin of kentledge First recorded in 1600–10; origin uncertain Words nearby kentledge Kentish, Kentish fire, Kentish glory, Kentishman, Kentish tracery, kentledge, Kenton, Kent State, Kentuck, Kentuckian, Kentucky Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for kentledge I think you had better speak to Captain Kentledge on the subject. Pencil Sketches\|Eliza Leslie The ward-room was then scuttled to get at the kentledge, twelve tons of which were thrown overboard. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2\|J. T. Headley. My breast has felt the last four-and-twenty hours as if a ton of kentledge had been stowed in it. The Pathfinder\|James Fenimore Cooper Kentledge, kent′lej, n. pig-iron laid in a ship's hold for ballast. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)\|Various She is ballasted with utilities; not altogether with unusable pig-lead and kentledge. Moby Dick; or The Whale\|Herman Melville British Dictionary definitions for kentledge kentledge / (ˈkɛntlɪdʒ) / noun nautical scrap metal used as ballast in a vessel Word Origin for kentledge C17: perhaps from Old French quintelage ballast, from quintal hundredweight, ultimately from Arabic qintār; see kantar Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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