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Webster 1913 Edition


Anchorage

An′chor-age

,
Noun.
1.
The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
2.
A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
3.
The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
4.
Something which holds like an anchor; a hold;
as, the
anchorages
of the Brooklyn Bridge
.
5.
Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
6.
A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.
Johnson.

An′cho-rage

,
Noun.
Abode of an anchoret.

Webster 1828 Edition


Anchorage

AN'CHORAGE

,
Noun.
1.
Anchor-ground; a place where a ship can anchor, where the ground is not too rocky, nor the water too deep nor too shallow.
2.
The hold of a ship at anchor, or rather the anchor and all the necessary tackle for anchoring.
3.
A duty imposed on ships for anchoring in a harbor.

Definition 2024


Anchorage

Anchorage

See also: anchorage

English

Proper noun

Anchorage

  1. A large coastal city in Alaska.

Translations

References

  1. Anchorage” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, v1.1, Lexico Publishing Group, 2006.

Portuguese

Proper noun

Anchorage f

  1. Anchorage (a city in Alaska, United States of America)

anchorage

anchorage

See also: Anchorage

English

Noun

anchorage (plural anchorages)

  1. (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.[1].
  2. (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
  3. That into which something is anchored or fastened.
    the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge
  4. (medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
  5. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
  6. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
  7. (figuratively) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

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Translations

References

  1. US FM 55-15 TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886