[1895–1900]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: backwind, cutback, frame of reference, freewheel, slapstick
Examples of 'up-anchor' in a sentence
up-anchor
``Then up-anchor and get over to the buoys and work out their position from your box of tricks," snapped Ziegler.