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‘On the right, a killick, or home-made anchor using a specially selected killick-stone wedged into a natural-grown tree fork.’
‘Lobsters were fished at that time using ‘set lines’ which were run straight out from shore and anchored at each end with a killick, a homemade anchor fashioned of rocks, sticks, and rope.’
1.1A small anchor.
‘When we got round the horn my boys, we had some glorious days. And very soon our killick dropped in Valparaiso bay.’
‘The defining feature of a killick is that you cannot not trip over it.’
‘The killick knot secured the anchor rope to the wooden part of the ‘killick’.’
‘Anchor and killick went down, JOLLY ROSE swung to, and he fastened everything snug and tight.’
1.2British nautical slang A leading seaman.
‘I seem to recall that one apprentice went ashore one Saturday afternoon with a killick he knew.’
‘I was the only Able Seaman on the course along with two killicks, two petty officers and four warrant officers.’