sea anchor in English
noun
1
an object dragged in the water from the bow of a boat in order to keep the bow pointing into the waves or to lessen leeway.
That warning enabled her to take on extra water ballast, put out sea anchors and batten down for the blow.
noun
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1. (5) sea anchor and equipment for mooring; and
2. A sea anchor is used as a drag to keep the boat's head to the wind.
3. Dudley managed to improvise a sea anchor to keep the lifeboat headed into the waves and maintain her stability.
4. The first megamouth shark was captured on November 15, 1976, about 25 miles off the coast of Kāneʻohe, Hawaiʻi, when it became entangled in the sea anchor of United States Navy ship AFB-14.