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4 words match “SHEET ANCHOR”

SHEET ANCHOR n. 2 definitions
A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.
CABLE n.
the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable. -- Sheet cable, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. -- Stream cable, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas. -- Submarine cable. See Telegraph. -- To pay out the cable, To veer out the cable, to…
SHEET CABLE n.
The cable belonging to the sheet anchor.
WAIST n.
A girdle or belt for the waist. [Obs.] Shak. Waist anchor. See Sheet anchor, 1, in the Vocabulary.