mushroom anchor

American

noun

Nautical.

a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.

Etymology

Origin of mushroom anchor

First recorded in 1835–45

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It was the buoy to which the Cagayan shore end had been fastened, and there was not a little mystery as to how it could have got away from its mushroom anchor.

From A Woman's Journey through the Philippines On a Cable Ship that Linked Together the Strange Lands Seen En Route by Florence Kimball Russel

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