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Anchors

A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

📖 Definitions of "Anchors"

noun
  1. 1

    A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

  2. 2

    An iron device so shaped as to grip the bottom and hold a vessel at her berth by the chain or rope attached. (FM 55-501).

  3. 3

    The combined anchoring gear (anchor, rode, bill/peak and fittings such as bitts, cat, and windlass.)

  4. 4

    Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.

verb
  1. 1

    To connect an object, especially a ship or a boat, to a fixed point.

  2. 2

    To cast anchor; to come to anchor.

    "Our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream."

  3. 3

    To stop; to fix or rest.

  4. 4

    To provide emotional stability for a person in distress.

noun
  1. 1

    A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.

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