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sea anchor

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sea anchor
n. Nautical
A drag, usually a canvas-covered conical frame, floating behind a vessel to prevent drifting or to maintain a heading into the wind. Also called drogue.
sea anchor
Noun
Naut a canvas-covered frame, dragged in the water behind a ship to slow it down or reduce drifting
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Noun1.sea anchorsea anchor - restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind
drogue
constraint, restraint - a device that retards something's motion; "the car did not have proper restraints fitted"
ship - a vessel that carries passengers or freight
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I had seen to it that a sea anchor was rigged, and even now the men had completed their task, and the Coldwater was swinging around rapidly, her nose pointing once more into the wind, and the frightful rolling consequent upon her wallowing in the trough was happily diminishing.
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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