noun
- Heavy material (such as scrap metal or stone) used as ballast in a ship or as a weight in construction.
Usage: nautical; also spelled 'kentlage'
Examples
- The ship's hold was filled with kentledge to improve stability during the voyage.
- Workers loaded kentledge onto the barge to keep it properly weighted.
- Old iron and scrap metal served as kentledge for the vessel.
- The construction crew used kentledge to anchor the temporary structure.