单词 | anchor shackle |
释义 | > as lemmasanchor shackle anchor shackle n. Nautical a shackle used to attach the anchor of a vessel to the cable or chain. ΚΠ 1833 New-Orleans Commerc. Bull. 24 Aug. (advt.) 1 box anchor shackles, 4 boxes hooks and thimbles. 1897 J. Conrad Nigger of ‘Narcissus’ (1898) v. 234 He arranged the weights carefully at the feet: two holystones, an old anchor-shackle without its pin, [etc.]. 2005 S. Colgate & D. Colgate Fast Track to Cruising xiii. 153 Use seizing wire to keep the pin in the anchor shackle from backing out. < as lemmas |
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