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Definition of Sheet anchor
1. Noun. Spare anchor for use in emergency.
Definition of Sheet anchor
1. v. t. A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.
Definition of Sheet anchor
1. Noun. (nautical) a large, spare anchor used in an emergency ¹
2. Noun. (context: by extension) a source of help in times of danger ¹
3. Noun. (cricket) a batsman who provides dependable defence while a series of other batsmen score rapidly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sheet Anchor
Literary usage of Sheet anchor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1881)
"or quite obliterated, iridectomy still remains the sheet anchor. The chapters on
optico-ciliary neurotomy, foreign bodies in the eye, iridotomy, ..."
2. Report of the Proceedings by Church congress (1874)
"It is His office to bring rebellious sinners to their King ; it is His loving
work to give tlie hope, which is the sheet- anchor of a tempest-tost soul ..."
3. The Singing of the Future by David Ffrangcon-Davies, David Thomas Ffrangcon- Davies (1905)
"CHAPTER VII BREATHING Pronunciation the student's sheet-anchor. ... The sheet-anchor
of vocalists ought to be pure pronunciation—pure in regard to ..."
4. Reliquary of English Song by Frank Hunter Potter, Charles Vincent, Thomas Tertius Noble (1916)
""The Charity Boy" JC Cross The Tar's sheet anchor In moderate time Wm. Reeve Published
about 1780 * ? PP pp 1. In ear-ly youth to fear a 2. ..."
5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"Some of the best writers on yellow fever, and those who have had the largest
experience, consider mercury as their sheet-anchor in this disease. ..."
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