mushroom anchor

noun Nautical.

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

Origin of mushroom anchor

First recorded in 1835–45

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The first attention of the landing-master was to lay down a mushroom-anchor, weighing 18 cwt.
An Account of the Bell Rock Light-House
Robert Stevenson