† plight-anchorn.

Forms: pre-1700 plicht-anchor, pre-1700 plicht-anker, pre-1700 plicht-ankyr, pre-1700 plycht-anker, pre-1700 plycht-ankir, pre-1700 1700s plight-anchor.

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymons: Middle Low German plichtanker, German plicht-anker.

Etymology: Probably < Middle Low German plichtanker (German regional (Low German) plicht-anker), probably < plicht small fore- (or after-)deck of an open boat (Old Saxon pleht : see below) + anker anchor n.¹ Compare Dutch plechtanker, Dutch regional plichtanker, and also Swedish plikt-ankare, Danish pligtanker.Old Saxon pleht small fore- (or after-)deck of an open boat is cognate with Old English pliht (only in plihtere look-out man at the prow), North Frisian pliucht , Middle Dutch plecht (Dutch plecht ), Old High German pflihta (Middle High German pflihte , phlihte , German (archaic and regional) Pflicht ), Old Swedish plicht (in a late source; Swedish plikt ), Danish pligt , all in the same sense; further etymology uncertain: perhaps < post-classical Latin plecta wickerwork, wattle hurdle (see plectellarian adj. and n.). An alternative explanation of Middle Low German plichtanker derives the first element < Middle Low German plicht , duty, responsibility (see plight n.¹), perhaps with reference to the anchor being the largest one of the ship.

Scottish. Obsolete.

The largest of a ship's anchors. Cf. sheet-anchor n.In quots. figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > main or bower anchor

plight-anchor1508

plicht?a1513

bow-anchor1627

best bowera1647

bower-anchor1652

bower1709

1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 189 Scho tuke Presence, plicht ankers of the barge,..And Cherising for to complete hir charge.

1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. ii. vi. f. 101^v Lat this faith be thi plycht ankir, and doutless thow sall be saiffit fra all the dangeir of syn.

1631 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Menteith (1880) II. 137 If now quhen my plicht anchor is present my sillie bark be schaken with stormes.

1698 J. Kirkwood Plea before Kirk 50 The business of Blakader, which was their Plight-Anchor.

1778 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. II. 398 Shell-marl is his plight-anchor. He gives 160 bolls to an acre; but does not find from it the increase expected.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	plight-anchor
释义	† plight-anchorn. Forms: pre-1700 plicht-anchor, pre-1700 plicht-anker, pre-1700 plicht-ankyr, pre-1700 plycht-anker, pre-1700 plycht-ankir, pre-1700 1700s plight-anchor. Origin: Probably a borrowing from Middle Low German. Etymons: Middle Low German plichtanker, German plicht-anker. Etymology: Probably < Middle Low German plichtanker (German regional (Low German) plicht-anker), probably < plicht small fore- (or after-)deck of an open boat (Old Saxon pleht : see below) + anker anchor n.¹ Compare Dutch plechtanker, Dutch regional plichtanker, and also Swedish plikt-ankare, Danish pligtanker.Old Saxon pleht small fore- (or after-)deck of an open boat is cognate with Old English pliht (only in plihtere look-out man at the prow), North Frisian pliucht , Middle Dutch plecht (Dutch plecht ), Old High German pflihta (Middle High German pflihte , phlihte , German (archaic and regional) Pflicht ), Old Swedish plicht (in a late source; Swedish plikt ), Danish pligt , all in the same sense; further etymology uncertain: perhaps < post-classical Latin plecta wickerwork, wattle hurdle (see plectellarian adj. and n.). An alternative explanation of Middle Low German plichtanker derives the first element < Middle Low German plicht , duty, responsibility (see plight n.¹), perhaps with reference to the anchor being the largest one of the ship. Scottish. Obsolete. The largest of a ship's anchors. Cf. sheet-anchor n.In quots. figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > main or bower anchor plight-anchor1508 plicht?a1513 bow-anchor1627 best bowera1647 bower-anchor1652 bower1709 1508 W. Dunbar Goldyn Targe (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems (1998) I. 189 Scho tuke Presence, plicht ankers of the barge,..And Cherising for to complete hir charge. 1552 Abp. J. Hamilton Catech. ii. vi. f. 101^v Lat this faith be thi plycht ankir, and doutless thow sall be saiffit fra all the dangeir of syn. 1631 in W. Fraser Red Bk. Menteith (1880) II. 137 If now quhen my plicht anchor is present my sillie bark be schaken with stormes. 1698 J. Kirkwood Plea before Kirk 50 The business of Blakader, which was their Plight-Anchor. 1778 A. Wight Present State Husbandry in Scotl. II. 398 Shell-marl is his plight-anchor. He gives 160 bolls to an acre; but does not find from it the increase expected. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1508
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