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Origin of anchor ring
First recorded in 1860–65
Words nearby anchor ring
anchor light, anchorman, anchorperson, anchor plant, anchor pocket, anchor ring, anchors, anchor span, anchor watch, anchorwoman, anchory
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How to use anchor ring in a sentence
That day, they set to work at cutting through the great chain that was fast to the anchor ring.
For example, an anchor-ring with a cross-connecting tube from one side to the other would be triply continuous.
Lord Kelvin|Andrew Gray
British Dictionary definitions for anchor ring
anchor ring
noun
a ring made from an iron bar of circular cross-section
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