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drag chain
noun
, Shipbuilding.
- one of a number of chains attached to a hull about to be launched in restricted waters in order to slow its motion by dragging along the bottom.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of drag chain1
First recorded in 1785–95
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Example Sentences
As for me, I know my place; I am only good for a drag chain.
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The driver managed the drag chain by treading upon an iron lever.
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Let him mend his breeches with his own drag-chain, as the saying is.
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We descended safely, if the drag chain had snapt we should have been thrown down the precipice.
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But the drag-chain on the progress of British intrepidity was at length to be taken of.
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