Definition of Anchorages

1. Noun. (plural of anchorage) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Anchorages

1. anchorage [n] - See also: anchorage

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anchorages

anchor's aweigh
anchor babies
anchor baby
anchor buoy
anchor chain
anchor ice
anchor light
anchor line
anchor pylon
anchor ring
anchor splint
anchorable
anchorage
anchorage dependence
anchorage ground
anchorages (current term)
anchored
anchoress
anchoresses
anchoret
anchoretism
anchorets
anchorhold
anchorin
anchoring
anchoring villus
anchorite
anchorites
anchoritess
anchoritesses

Literary usage of Anchorages

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

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1896)
"2195 Sketch-plans of anchorages in the eastern pirt of Celebes:—Plans added ... 415 Port Matanzas anchorages ware J Halifax to the Delaware 416 Nuevitas del ..."

2. River Discharge by John Clayton Hoyt, Nathan Clifford Grover (1907)
"The anchorages should be so arranged by means of long eye-bolts embedded in ... The cable should be attached at each end to two independent anchorages or ..."

3. Scenes and Characters of the Middle Ages by Edward Lewes Cutts (1872)
"In the monastery of the Carmelites, or White Friars, at Norwich, there were two anchorages—one for a man, who was admitted brother of the house, ..."

4. First Supplementary Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Colonial Institute by James Rufus Boosé (1901)
"(Continued)— 454 Port Morant 1631 232a 2326 282 456 Port Royal and Kingston Harbours 459 Plans of anchorages in Jamaica 450 Pedro Bank and Adjacent Coast of ..."

5. Artistic Bridge Design: A Systematic Treatise on the Design of Modern by Henry Grattan Tyrrell (1912)
"anchorages The anchorage is purely a structural part, hidden from view below the ... Very fine anchorages are shown on the Elizabeth bridge at Budapest, ..."

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