单词 | anchor rope |
释义 | > as lemmasanchor rope anchor rope n. (a) a rope attached to an anchor, by which the anchor is lowered or raised from a ship, airship, etc.; a length or type of rope suitable for this (also figurative); (b) a rope used as an anchor or that holds something in place.In sense (a), the rope is sometimes fitted to a short length of chain attached to the anchor, the chain being better able to withstand friction against sharp obstacles on the sea bed, but the rope generally being easier to handle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable anchor ropeOE coble?a1400 cablec1400 anchor tow1602 anchor-gable1609 rode1612 anchor line1614 roding1896 OE Whale 14 Wægliþende..gehydað heahstefn scipu to þam unlonde oncyrrapum, setlaþ sæmearas sundes æt ende. 1594 W. Percy Sonnets to Fairest Coelia ix. sig. Biij Then whilst I touch the port of my desires, A storme of hate doth burst mine anchor ropes. 1606 S. Gardiner Bk. Angling i. 8 By setting vp sayles against the winde, or by casting anchor, and by being sure before-hand that the anchor rope will hold, and not slacke. 1700 S. L. tr. C. Frick Relation Voy. in tr. C. Frick & C. Schweitzer Relation Two Voy. E.-Indies 135 They were brought to publick Punishment, according to the Custom of the Sea: Which was to receive from every Person of the Ship 90 Blows on the Breech, with an Anchor Rope. 1850 J. Wise Syst. Aeronaut. ii. xxi. 250 A terrible crash indicated the balloon was off—having broken the anchor rope. 1873 U.S. Patent 144,436 in Specif. & Drawings Patents (1874) Nov. 233/1 Balloon Advertising... The lower-end of the anchor-rope is secured to a windlass, for the purpose of letting the balloon up and winding it down when desired, which becomes necessary to do in high winds and stormy weather. 1917 Lyceum Dec. 29/3 There is one anchor rope, sometimes two, between the center poles. These ropes stop all up and down motion of the tent. 1951 Motor Boating May 105/1 A nylon anchor rope is very pleasant to handle and is quite ideal for the No. 2 anchor. 2018 Penarth Times (Nexis) 30 Mar. A simple service call turned into a major challenge.., as it became apparent that the..vessel's anchor rope had wrapped around its propeller shaft, with the chain and anchor lying on the seabed. < as lemmas |
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