anchorage
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See also: Anchorage
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈæŋkəɹɪd͡ʒ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]anchorage (countable and uncountable, plural anchorages)
- (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
- (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
- Anchorage is five pounds a night outside the harbour.
- That into which something is anchored or fastened.
- the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge
- (medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
- The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
- 1866, Augusta Webster, transl., 'The Prometheus Bound of Æschylus, page 66, lines 1001–1002:
- And yet 'twas by such braggart vaunts as these
Thou broughtst thee to this woeful anchorage.
- The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
- The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
- (figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
Coordinate terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]place for anchoring
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fee for anchoring
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that to which something is anchored
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