anchor ground tackle | a mechanical device that prevents a vessel from moving |
anchor chain anchor rope | the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel |
anchor light riding light riding lamp | a light in the rigging of a ship that is riding at anchor |
egg-and-dart egg-and-anchor egg-and-tongue | a decorative molding, a series of egg-shaped figures alternating with another shape |
grapnel grapnel anchor | a light anchor for small boats |
irons chains | metal shackles, for hands or legs |
mooring anchor | an anchor used to hold a mooring buoy or a channel marker in place |
mushroom anchor | an anchor used for semipermanent moorings, has a bowl-shaped head that will dig in however it falls |
sea anchor drogue | restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel, prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind |
sheet anchor waist anchor | spare anchor for use in emergency |
anchor mainstay keystone backbone linchpin lynchpin | a central cohesive source of support and stability, faith is his anchor, the keystone of campaign reform was the ban on soft money, he is the linchpin of this firm |
anchor anchorman anchorperson | a television reporter who coordinates a broadcast to which several correspondents contribute |
ring halo annulus doughnut anchor ring | a toroidal shape, a ring of ships in the harbor, a halo of smoke |
anchor cast anchor drop anchor | secure a vessel with an anchor, We anchored at Baltimore |
anchor ground | fix firmly and stably, anchor the lamppost in concrete |
weigh anchor weigh the anchor | heave up an anchor in preparation for sailing |
studded | dotted or adorned with or as with studs or nailheads, usually used in combination, star-studded heavens, diamond-studded belt |