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Sheet anchor   /ʃit ˈæŋkər/   Listen
Sheet anchor

noun
1.
Spare anchor for use in emergency.  Synonym: waist anchor.





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"Sheet anchor" Quotes from Famous Books



... anchors supplied, two at the bows, and one at either chest-tree abaft the fore-rigging; one is termed the sheet, the other the spare anchor; usually got ready in a gale to let go on the parting of a bower. To a sheet anchor a stout hempen cable is generally bent, as lightening the strain at the bow, and ...
— The Sailor's Word-Book • William Henry Smyth


Words linked to "Sheet anchor" :   ground tackle, anchor, waist anchor


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