Concept cluster: Recreation > Anchor or Anchoring
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anchor
n
(heraldry) Representation of the nautical tool, used as a heraldic charge.
anchor light
n
(nautical) The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor.
anchorable
adj
That can be used as an anchorage.
anchorage
n
That into which something is anchored or fastened.
anchoress
n
(informal) An anchorwoman.
anchorhold
n
The residence of an anchorite or anchoress.
aweigh
adj
Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; said of the anchor.
back
v
(nautical, of an anchor) To lay out a second, smaller anchor to provide additional holding power.
backstay
n
A strengthening or supporting piece that is built into the back of something.
brail
v
To reef, shorten or strike sail using brails.
cast
v
(nautical) To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round.
cast anchor
v
(figuratively) To take up a position.
chainstay
n
(cycling) Alternative spelling of chain stay. [(cycling) One of the two frame tubes that run horizontally from the bottom bracket shell back to the rear dropouts.]
counterbrace
v
(nautical, transitive) To brace in opposite directions.
disanchor
v
(obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.
drop anchor
v
(nautical) To release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place.
fender
v
(nautical) To use fenders to protect the side of a boat
holdfast
n
Something to or by which an object can be securely fastened.
ice anchor
n
An anchor with one arm for securing a vessel to an ice floe.
junction
n
(nautical) The place where a distributary departs from the main stream.
lock
v
To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
luff
v
(mechanical) To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.
moor up
v
(transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like
moorage
n
The act of mooring.
mooring
n
(figuratively) Something to which one adheres, or the means that helps one to maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.
mooring post
n
(nautical) A bollard, or similar fixed post that a vessel may be moored to
pinch
v
(nautical) To sail so close-hauled that the sails begin to flutter.
port
n
(curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
reem
v
(transitive, nautical) To open (the seams of a vessel's planking) for the purpose of calking them.
ropebridge
n
Alternative spelling of rope bridge [A bridge constructed chiefly of rope.]
sheet anchor
n
(by extension) a source of help in times of danger; last resort
stay
n
(nautical) A strong rope or wire supporting a mast, and leading from one masthead down to some other, or other part of the vessel.
stock
v
(nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
tacking
n
(nautical) The act of changing tack.
tally on
v
(nautical) To man a rope for hauling, the men standing in a line or tail.
trip
v
(nautical) To raise (an anchor) from the bottom, by its cable or buoy rope, so that it hangs free.
trust anchor
n
(cryptography) An authoritative entity that is assumed to be trustable.
weigh anchor
v
(nautical) To raise the anchor of a ship or boat prior to getting under way.
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