Usually means: Device slowing drift in water.
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. sea anchor: Merriam-Webster
  2. sea anchor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sea anchor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sea anchor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sea anchor: Vocabulary.com
  6. sea-anchor, sea anchor: Wordnik
  7. sea anchor: Wiktionary
  8. sea anchor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. sea anchor: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. sea anchor: Dictionary.com
  11. Sea anchor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Sea anchor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. sea anchor: Rhymezone
  14. Sea anchor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. sea anchor: FreeDictionary.org
  16. sea anchor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. sea anchor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sea anchor: Encyclopedia

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Canoe Terminology (No longer online)

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See sea_anchors as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sea anchor)

noun:  (nautical) A parachute-like device designed to slow down the speed of a drifting ship or boat and to keep its bow pointing to the wind.

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