anchorage

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

anchor +‎ -age

[edit] Noun

Singular
anchorage

Plural
anchorages

anchorage (plural anchorages)

  1. (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.[1].
  2. (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
  3. That into which something is anchored or fastened.
  4. (medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.

[edit] Translations

place for anchoring
fee for anchoring
that to which sthg is anchored

[edit] References

  • Notes:
  1. ^ US FM 55-15 TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886
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