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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.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, September 1908, No. 5|Various
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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