steam-anchor

Updated: May 27, 2025

The master boat-builder attends to any little extra fittings that the first lieutenant may have a fancy for such as the arrangement of the kedge and steam-anchor davits, the slide for the carronnade in the launch, and so on.

Basil Hall - The Lieutenant and Commander : Being Autobigraphical Sketches of His Own Career, from Fragments of Voyages and Travels