at anchor

English

Prepositional phrase

at anchor

1. anchored

   A ship riding at anchor

   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene iii:

     The Galles and thoſe pilling Briggandines,
     That yeerely ſaile to the Uenetian goulfe,
     And houer in the ſtraightes for Chriſtians wracke,
     Shall lie at anchor in the Iſle Aſant.

   • 1950 January, Arthur F. Beckenham, “With British Railways to the Far North”, in Railway Magazine, page 8:

     As the train rumbled slowly over the Forth Bridge, the western sky was aflame with a particularly gorgeous sunset, and lights were twinkling from the small craft riding at anchor on the calm waters of the firth.

Anagrams

• acanthor, anthraco-