ground tackle

equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.

QUIZZES

Test your memory on these verbal firecrackers from the week of June 29 to July 5!

Question 1 of 7

anchorite

First recorded in 1550–60

They've reached their anchorage, and we may get our ground-tackle ready as soon as we like!'
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland|Various
Captain Truck nodded, and proceeded to look into the condition of his ground-tackle.
Homeward Bound|James Fenimore Cooper
Sure enough, Daggett appeared more disposed to trust to his canvass, than to his ground-tackle.
The Sea Lions|James Fenimore Cooper
It is well named--if there ever was an anchor-watch, you keep it here: for no ground-tackle will ever hold like this.
The Sea Lions|James Fenimore Cooper

All the same, this looked as though she were pretty hard on her ground-tackle.
The Mirror of the Sea|Joseph Conrad