anchorage.
A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
Meaning & usage
A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.
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
The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enk-der.? Pre-Greekbor.? Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́γκῡρᾰ (ắnkūră)bor.? Latin ancorabor. Proto-Germanic *ankurô Proto-West Germanic *ankurō Old English ancor Middle English anker English anchor Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English anchorage From anchor + -age.
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