Definition of Mushroom anchor

1. Noun. An anchor used for semipermanent moorings; has a bowl-shaped head that will dig in however it falls.

Generic synonyms: Anchor, Ground Tackle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mushroom Anchor

mushiest
mushily
mushiness
mushinesses
mushing
mushistonite
mushlike
mushmouth
mushmouths
mushrat
mushrats
mushroom
mushroom-headed
mushroom-shaped cloud
mushroom-worker's lung
mushroom anchor (current term)
mushroom bodies
mushroom body
mushroom cloud
mushroom clouds
mushroom coral
mushroom party
mushroom pimple
mushroom poisoning
mushroom sauce
mushroom wine sauce
mushroomburger
mushroomburgers
mushroomed
mushroomer

Literary usage of Mushroom anchor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Great Britain Court of King's Bench, Edward Hall Alderson, William Selwyn (1821)
"It is said in this case, that the mushroom-anchor, and adze-anchor, are not ships' anchors, but mooring-anchors. I think they are ships' anchors; ..."

2. A Treatise on the Law of Patents for Useful Inventions in the United States by George Ticknor Curtis, Thomas Webster (1854)
"It is said, in this case, that the mushroom anchor and adze anchors arc not ship's anchors, but mooring anchors. I think they are ship's anchors; ..."

3. Rudder by Thomas Fleming Day (1911)
"... asking us if we ever made any careful experiments on the holding power of the Bulb-Shank Mooring Anchor as compared with the ordinary mushroom anchor, ..."

4. The Revised Reports by Robert Campbell, Frederick Pollock, Oliver Augustus Saunders, Arthur Beresford Cane, Joseph Gerald Pease, William Bowstead, Great Britain Courts (1896)
"It is said in this case that the mushroom- anchor, and adze-anchor, are not ships' anchors, but mooring- anchors. I think they are ships' anchors; ..."

5. Tidal Rivers: Their (1) Hydraulics, (2) Improvement, (3) Navigation by William Henry Wheeler (1893)
"4«. ese weigh from 14 to 16 cwt. for the 8-feet and 10-feet buoys, mushroom anchor, shown in Fig. ..."

6. Tidal Rivers: Their (1) Hydraulics, (2) Improvement, (3) Navigation by William Henry Wheeler (1893)
"The mushroom anchor, shown in Fig. 46, is a very effective mooring, and rarely drags. The mushroom part is of cast iron, and the shank of wrought iron. ..."

7. Decisions on the Law of Patents for Inventions Rendered by [English Courts by United States Supreme Court, Benjamin Vaughan Abbott, Woodbury Lowery (1887)
"It is said, in this case, that the mushroom-anchor and adz-anchor are not ships' anchors, but mooring anchors. I think they are ships' anchors; ..."

8. The Law of Patents for Inventions: Including the Remedies and Legal by Willard Phillips (1837)
"It is said, in this case, that the mushroom anchor and adz anchor, are not ships' anchors, but mooring anchors. I think they are ships' anchors ; they are ..."

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