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Sea Anchor

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Noun

1. drogue, sea anchor

restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sea Anchor

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noun
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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Sea Anchor

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a large, canvas-covered frame, usually conical, let out from a ship as a drag or float to reduce drifting or to keep the ship heading into the wind

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Sea Anchor

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n.
Nautical
A drag, usually a canvas-covered conical frame, deployed in the water upwind of a vessel to slow its drift or to maintain a desired heading. Also called drogue.

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