Meanings of sea-anchor in English

The sea-anchor remained just under the surface of the ocean, in a perpendicular position.

But before seen on a South Sea schooner a sea-anchor.

Tugging mightily, he managed to dump the sea-anchor over.

Time and again, that afternoon, Arnold Bentham, for our sakes, begged that we come to a sea-anchor.

Your sea-anchor made the difference.

The steel weather-rigging carried away at the lanyards, and mast, jib, mainsail, blocks, stays, sea-anchor, French Pete-everything-wentover the side.

Soon there was a distance of fifty feet or more between the struggling vessel's bow and this improvised "sea-anchor."

Here the sea was calm, save for a heavy but smooth ground-swell, and I took in the sea-anchor and began to row.

They found the boat of the Glide riding in a furious sea to a sea-anchor, the very best thing they could have done.

It was always a bad moment when the boats were lowered and cast adrift on a sea-anchor, to await collection by the victors.

Over 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.

The sea-anchor was bridled something like a kite, so that it bit into the water as a kite bites into the air-butwith a difference.

"My sea-anchor." He decided not to ask.

The sea-anchor remained just under the surface of the ocean, in a perpendicular position.

But before seen on a South Sea schooner a sea-anchor.

Tugging mightily, he managed to dump the sea-anchor over.