The largest of a ship's anchors. Cf. sheet-anchor, n.
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释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > main or bower anchor (6) plight-anchor1508 The largest of a ship's anchors. Cf. sheet-anchor, n. plicht?a1513 = plight-anchor, n. bow-anchor1627 best bowera1647 A large anchor carried at the starboard bow of a sailing ship. Cf. small-bower at bower, n.4 1. bower-anchor1652 More fully called bower-anchor, bower-cable. bower1709 The name of two anchors, the best bower, n.1, and small-bower, carried at the bows of a vessel; also the cable attached to such anchor. |
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