Anchor 02 : (1) Any device used to make a floating body fast to the bottom. (2) The act of so making fast. (3) The act of securing or fixing the lower end of a guy or stay or the lower end of a shore
Compass (The National Training Portal of The U. S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps), appendix I, Glossary, VA, USA 2012. http://compass.seacadets.org/pdf/nrtc/bmr/14325_in d.pdf, (Mrtm/Nav - Amer) {558}