anchorage
See also: Anchorage
English
Etymology
Noun
anchorage (countable and uncountable, plural anchorages)
- (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.[1].
- (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- That into which something is anchored or fastened.
- the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge
- (medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
- The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
- 1866, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 66, lines 1001–1002
- And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these
Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage.
- And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these
- 1866, Augusta Webster (transl.), The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 66, lines 1001–1002
- The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
- The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
- (figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
Coordinate terms
Translations
place for anchoring
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fee for anchoring
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that to which something is anchored
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References
- ^ US FM 55-15 TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886