anker

American  

[ang-ker] / ˈæŋ kər /

noun

ankers plural

1. a unit of volume formerly used for wine and distilled liquor in some European countries and equal to about 10 gallons, with the exact amount depending on context. The anker was also used in some places settled by the Dutch, such as South Africa and parts of New York.

2. a keg holding about 10 gallons.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ankers
  plural

Example Sentences

The 21. our Fleete ankering at Wococon, we weyed anker for Hatoraske.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

The 22 we came to an anker at an Island called Santa Cruz,101 where all the planters were set on land, staying there till the 25 of the same moneth.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

The 26 we cast anker in another bay vpon the maine of Cape Briton.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

After wee had strooken sayle and cast anker athwart the Riuer, I determined to goe on shore to discouer the same.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

The seuen and twentieth we came to anker at Cottea, where we found the Pinnesse riding at our comming.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard