(nautical) The lantern shown at night by a vessel at anchor.

plural of anchor space

plural of anchor light

(billiards) A shot made with the object balls in an anchor space.

(billiards) In the balk-line game, any of eight spaces, 7 × 3½ inches, lying along a cushion and bisected transversely by a balk line. Object balls in an anchor space are treated as in balk.

plural of anchor shot

(nautical) A parachute-like device designed to slow down the speed of a drifting ship or boat and to keep its bow pointing to the wind.

(electronics) An endpoint that utilizes horizontal insulators and occurs at the endpoint of a high-power transmission line. Such endpoints are necessary when interfacing with other modes of power transmission and, due to the inflexibility of the conductors, when significantly altering the direction of the pylon chain.

(nautical) To release the anchor of a ship or boat, allowing it to fall to the bed of a body of water and thereby securing the vessel in place. / (euphemistic) To defecate.

(nautical) A sphere, usually black, that is either attached to the vessel or to the anchor buoy, used as a signal to state the vessel is anchored