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单词 anchoring
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anchoringn.

Brit. /ˈaŋkərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæŋkərɪŋ/
Forms: see anchor v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: anchor v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < anchor v. + -ing suffix1.
1. The action or process of fixing something in place, or of becoming fixed in place; the means by which something is fastened or secured. Cf. anchorage n.1 5a.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > [noun]
anchoring1495
fibulation1658
fastening1691
tacking1713
spanning1874
1495 Peterborough Churchwardens' Accts. in Publ. Northants. Rec. Soc. (1939) 9 61 For ankeryng of ij bemes.
1768 J. Ellis in Philos. Trans. 1767 (Royal Soc.) 57 432 Like the anchoring of muscles [i.e. mussels], by their fine silken filaments, that end in suckers.
1849 Rural Cycl. IV. 444/2 This plant..makes a fine appearance upon old walls which contain a sufficient quantity of soil for the lodging of its seeds and the anchoring of its roots.
1896 F. E. Kidder Building Constr. & Superintendence I. vi. 188 The anchoring of gable copings should be especially looked after.
1960 Pract. Wireless 36 396/1 Attention must..be paid to the rigidity of wiring and the secure anchoring of all components.
2007 L. M. Chiappe Glorified Dinosaurs i. 26/1 The bones of the wing..provide anchoring for the flight feathers.
2. Space or conditions suitable for anchoring a vessel; a place where a vessel is, or may be, anchored. Also figurative. Cf. anchorage n.1 2a.
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1602 W. Watson tr. A. Arnauld Le Franc Discours 59 What safer anchoring can a man rest vpon, then commoditie, and iustice?
c1612 W. Strachey Hist. Trav. Virginia (1953) ii. 166 There they found (god be thancked) good anchoring.
1690 London Gaz. mmdix/3 A very violent Storm of Wind..forced the Frigat from her Anchoring.
1769 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 7) III. 215 Good Anchoring in six or eight Fathom of Water.
1803 J. Hogg Tour Highlands (1986) 47 The argument that there are a number of safe anchorings, is of small avail either for safety or dispatch.
1938 J. H. Owen War at Sea under Queen Anne iii. 91 There was good anchoring in the bay, sheltered from the east wind.
2007 D. Hughes Trout Rigs & Methods viii. 222 At anchorings, we get out to wade and fish with our smaller outfits.
3. The action or process of anchoring a vessel, or of coming to anchor; the state or condition of lying at anchor; an instance of this. Cf. anchorage n.1 2b.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action, fact, or opportunity of anchoring
riding1562
anchoring1589
anchorage1599
earthing1646
grappling1748
1589 P. Jones tr. A. Meyer Certaine Instr. Gentlemen Contents 12 The safest, and most commodious rodes for riding, and anchoring of ships.
1612 R. Coverte True Rep. Englishman 11 This place of our then ancoring standeth in the height of fiue Degrees and 20. minutes.
1685 B. Ringrose Bucaniers Amer. xv. 117 She sailed out of the harbour, to seek another place of anchoring.
1745 New Gen. Coll. Voy. II. 68 The Sieur Brue, on his anchoring at Tuabo [in 1698], found a new kind of monkeys, of so lively a red, that they seemed painted.
1792 J. Heriot Hist. Sketch Gibraltar 52 The anchoring of His Majesty's Ship the Edgar off the Old Mole, seemed to serve as the signal for..a most furious cannonade and bombardment.
1883 Nature 22 Nov. 80/2 In addition to these objects one more has been attained, viz. the anchoring of a vessel by the shore of East Greenland.
1966 Pop. Sci. June 112/2 Although there are rules for good anchoring, actual experience is the only safe guide to what will work best in any particular area.
1990 Yankee May 22/1 A Windjammer Cruise..offers such maritime merriment as lobster bakes on deserted islands, schooner games, and anchorings at coastal villages.
2014 Times Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) (Nexis) 13 July a2 Victoria is pushing ahead with bylaw changes to prohibit overnight anchoring in the Gorge waterway.

Compounds

anchoring ground n. ground, or a place, suitable for, or used for, anchoring a vessel. [In quot. 1619 after Dutch ankergrond (see anchor ground n. at anchor n.1 Compounds 2).]
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action, fact, or opportunity of anchoring > conditions admitting of anchoring > bottom suitable for
anchoring ground1619
groundage1637
holding ground1753
1619 W. Phillip tr. W. C. Schouten Relation Wonderfull Voiage 46 Wee there could finde no fit anchoring ground [Du. ancker-grondt].
1753 T. Woodroofe in J. Hanway Hist. Acct. Brit. Trade Caspian Sea I. lix. 395 On the south side..there is good anchoring-ground.
1852 Sailor's Mag. Nov. 81/2 There are perhaps from ten to fifteen American vessels here and on average each Sunday, scattered over each of these anchoring grounds.
2017 Bournemouth Echo (Nexis) 14 July The tow was dropped and he made his way back to better anchoring ground, escorted by the inshore lifeboat.
anchoring place n. a place suitable for, or used for, anchoring a vessel. [Compare Dutch ankerplaats (1602).]
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action, fact, or opportunity of anchoring > place of anchorage
anchoring place1598
grappling1712
anchorage1835
1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies iii. v. 314/2 From thence to Mosambique are some rodes or ankering places, from 18. to fiue and twentie fadome deepe.
1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 497 In the ankoring places it [sc. the Sea] was Blue.
1796 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) II. 309 Not one anchoring place from Genoa to Ventimiglia was accessible.
1995 Chattanooga (Tennessee) Times (Nexis) 11 Aug. a1 The gorge really has no safe anchoring places.
anchoring room n. space for a vessel to anchor.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action, fact, or opportunity of anchoring > conditions admitting of anchoring > space for
anchoring room1865
1865 Boston Daily Advertiser 18 Jan. 1/5 It being found impossible to bring one division into the fight, the anchoring room being too contracted.
1908 West Austral. (Perth) 20 July 3/1 The anchorage had been curtailed to such an extent that it would not permit of a boat ‘swinging’ or of anchoring room in any weather.
2002 S. F. Wagner Sailing Adventures of La Boatique 98 Luckily for us Rodney Bay is huge with plenty of anchoring room.
anchoring stone n. a stone used to secure a vessel in place of an anchor.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > a stone used as an anchor
killick1630
anchoring stone1838
sling-stone1865
1838 L. V. V. Harcourt Doctr. Deluge II. xxii. 330 He runs his keels ashore on the shingle that forms the bed of the sea, having thrown out of the ship the anchoring stone.
1971 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 3 May 11/2 If you've fished long in Maine, you've looked around for an anchoring stone.
2013 @lilfishstudios 25 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Fantastic stone! And enormous. Anchoring stone do you think or a hag stone or?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

anchoringadj.

Brit. /ˈaŋk(ə)rɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈæŋk(ə)rɪŋ/
Forms: 1500s– anchoring, 1700s anch'ring.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: anchor v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < anchor v. + -ing suffix2.
1. Of a vessel: that is coming to or lying at anchor.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [adjective] > anchoring or anchored
anchored1576
anchoring1598
grippled1606
1598 M. Drayton Englands Heroicall Epist. (new ed.) f. 51v The anchoring ships, that when I pass'd the road, Were wont to hang their chequered tops abroad.
1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 18 Yon tall anchoring barke. View more context for this quotation
1718 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia ii. 77 To..bid the anch'ring Bark securely ride.
1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad ix. 286 From tempests, safe the anchoring vessel keep.
1864 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 338 As soon as General Langdon learned that the anchoring ship held a Prussian lieutenant-general..he hastened on board to welcome him.
1915 Techn. World Mag. Feb. 869/2 The trench will be filled with suitable material which will make it impossible for an anchoring vessel to get her ‘mud-hook’ caught in the conduit.
2007 Independent 3 Dec. 33/2 The artificial lights from anchoring vessels on Dhamra port..would disrupt the breeding and nesting of the Ridleys.
2. That holds something securely in place; fastening, fixing.In many cases difficult to distinguish from an attributive use of anchoring n.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > condition of being fast bound or firmly fixed > [adjective] > that holds fast
securing1798
anchoring1879
a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iii. i. 29 Why then a Ladder quaintly made of Cords To cast vp, with a paire of anchoring hookes, Would serue to scale another Hero's towre. View more context for this quotation
1810 Theophilanthropist Mar. 112 In this lecture Mr. Fulton exhibited the anchoring and harpooning Torpedoes.
1879 Wild Life in S.C. 29 The wrench at its anchoring roots.
1900 H. L. Keeler Our Native Trees 35 The result is a buoyant body that when freed from the anchoring stem will float upon the moving air.
1995 CraftLines Summer 5/3 The principle is very similar to classic rug-punching, with the addition of an anchoring stitch-through to hold all the hooked stitches in place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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