kedge in English

noun
1
a small anchor used to reposition a ship or boat by having the anchor's hawser hauled in.
The stern is marked by a small kedge anchor .
verb
1
(with reference to a ship or boat) move by hauling in a hawser attached to a small anchor dropped at some distance.
I kedged the dinghy to the port

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1. That’s where Backcasting (a tool created by Kedge LLC) can help

2. The Kedge Safety anchor, by contrast, is attached to the roof by causing its rosette component to adhere to the bituminous roof cladding.

3. ‘Near the seabed, an interesting feature is a large power Capstan.’ ‘For simpler tasks of pulling cars through a loading/unloading area a cable and Capstan were used.’ ‘At the stern, a single Capstan and chain hold the kedge anchor in place against the rear of the hull.’

4. The defendants find support for their argument in the fact that the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry has been considering the grant of a European technical approval in accordance with Article 8 et seq. of Directive 89/106 for the Kedge Safety anchor device since 2007. (8)