sea anchor
any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm.
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How to use sea anchor in a sentence
He knew that if they did get free from the schooner only an efficient sea-anchor or drag would keep the yawl right side up.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayOver and around she went, with a tire blown and the lower rail of the big gate hanging onto the fender like a dry-land sea-anchor.
Highways in Hiding | George Oliver SmithAt daylight we found our sea-anchor and the rudder had both gone.
The Fleets Behind the Fleet | W. MacNeile (William MacNeile) DixonThe sea anchor which Russ had rigged provided the necessary drag and steerage way, and the boat's head was kept to the waves.
The Moving Picture Girls at Sea | Laura Lee HopeHere the sea was calm, save for a heavy but smooth ground-swell, and I took in the sea-anchor and began to row.
The Sea-Wolf | Jack London
British Dictionary definitions for sea anchor
nautical any device, such as a bucket or canvas funnel, dragged in the water to keep a vessel heading into the wind or reduce drifting
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