sheet-anchorn.

/ˈʃiːtˌaŋkə/

Forms: α. Middle English shut(t)e, 1500s shut, showte, shoute, shote, 1500s–1600s shoot(e, shot, 1600s shott. β. 1600s sheath, shed, 1600s sheate, 1600s–1700s sheat, 1800s– sheet.

Etymology: Origin uncertain.Perhaps < Middle English shote , shot n.² = cable of two ropes spliced together, but the difference of form (shott and shute ) in quot. 1497 at sense aα. makes this doubtful. The α-forms are parallel with those of shoot n.², and the substitution of forms of the synonymous sheet n.² in the 17th cent. points to association with that word, but the connection in sense is not obvious. With regard to the generally accepted derivation < shoot v. (‘an anchor that is shot out’), the formation would be abnormal, it is not supported by the majority of the α-forms, nor is it clear why any anchor in particular should be so designated.

a. A large anchor, formerly always the largest of a ship's anchors, used only in an emergency.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > sheet-anchor

sheet-anchor1495

waist-anchor1846

α.

1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 192 Ankers called Shutte.

1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 184 For a Newe Shott of Cables..to the use of the seid Ship for the Shute ankers.

1514 in Oppenheim Admin. Royal Navy (1896) I. 378 Ankers called..Shot ankers j, Caggers j.

1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition iij He castethe the shote anker, when he wyll, and not when they bydde hym, that are in his shyp.

1589 J. Davis in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 786 The cable of our shut anker brake.

1633 T. James Strange Voy. 38 Our shoote-Anker was downe.

β. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 16 The greatest in euery ship is called the sheat Anchor.a1647 P. Pette in Archaeologia (1796) 12 275 We broke our best bower, and were forced to let go our sheet anchor.1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 292 His shed-anchor to hold fast his floating ship.1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 10 Our Master order'd out the Sheet Anchor.1775 in Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) (1779) 68 404 At 4 a.m. found ship drove, veered to a whole cable;..and got sheet anchor overside.1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) To a sheet anchor a stout hempen cable is generally bent.1889 Daily News 6 Aug. 5/7 The Howe..went gradually to leeward until she brought herself up with her sheet anchor.

b. figurative. That on which one places one's reliance when everything else has failed.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > [noun] > object of trust

sheet-anchor1524

confidence1535

staya1542

mainstay1604

reposure1682

dependence1753

α.

1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 228 The next Parlament, which in maner shalbe the shoote anker for thexpedicion of our purpoos.

1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 498/1 Ye shall se what aunswere he maketh, & what he bringeth for the shote ancre of al his shifte.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. i. sig. A.ij^v Of all men he is my chiefe banker Both for meate and money, and my chiefe shootanker.

1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 15, in 2nd Pt. Herball Then shall it be high tyme to go to the bathes as to the shot ancre.

1616 A. Champney Treat. Vocation Bishops 252 M. Mason cometh now to cast his shott anker, and saith.

a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 62 Wherein yet Christ is the Shoot-anker of salvation.

β. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 191 Casting out his sheat anchour [1669 sheath-anchor] of hope.1676 C. Molloy De Jure Maritimo (1688) iii. vii. 416 It is Foreign Trade that is the main Sheet-Anchor of us Islanders.1775 F. Burney Jrnl. 8 May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. The great sheet Anchor, on which we are to depend in our Voyage thro' life.1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. v. ii. 100 The landed interest..is the great stay of this country—the sheet anchor, I may say.1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. iv. 88 Bertie was..the sheet-anchor of her life.1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 821 Bleeding is our ‘sheet anchor’ in this disease.attributive.1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. ii. 25 As soon as he had his old sheet-anchor friend to hold on to.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sheet-anchor
释义	sheet-anchorn. /ˈʃiːtˌaŋkə/ Forms: α. Middle English shut(t)e, 1500s shut, showte, shoute, shote, 1500s–1600s shoot(e, shot, 1600s shott. β. 1600s sheath, shed, 1600s sheate, 1600s–1700s sheat, 1800s– sheet. Etymology: Origin uncertain.Perhaps < Middle English shote , shot n.² = cable of two ropes spliced together, but the difference of form (shott and shute ) in quot. 1497 at sense aα. makes this doubtful. The α-forms are parallel with those of shoot n.², and the substitution of forms of the synonymous sheet n.² in the 17th cent. points to association with that word, but the connection in sense is not obvious. With regard to the generally accepted derivation < shoot v. (‘an anchor that is shot out’), the formation would be abnormal, it is not supported by the majority of the α-forms, nor is it clear why any anchor in particular should be so designated. a. A large anchor, formerly always the largest of a ship's anchors, used only in an emergency. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor > sheet-anchor sheet-anchor1495 waist-anchor1846 α. 1495 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 192 Ankers called Shutte. 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 184 For a Newe Shott of Cables..to the use of the seid Ship for the Shute ankers. 1514 in Oppenheim Admin. Royal Navy (1896) I. 378 Ankers called..Shot ankers j, Caggers j. 1536 R. Morison Remedy for Sedition iij He castethe the shote anker, when he wyll, and not when they bydde hym, that are in his shyp. 1589 J. Davis in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 786 The cable of our shut anker brake. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 38 Our shoote-Anker was downe. β. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 16 The greatest in euery ship is called the sheat Anchor.a1647 P. Pette in Archaeologia (1796) 12 275 We broke our best bower, and were forced to let go our sheet anchor.1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 292 His shed-anchor to hold fast his floating ship.1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 10 Our Master order'd out the Sheet Anchor.1775 in Philos. Trans. 1778 (Royal Soc.) (1779) 68 404 At 4 a.m. found ship drove, veered to a whole cable;..and got sheet anchor overside.1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) To a sheet anchor a stout hempen cable is generally bent.1889 Daily News 6 Aug. 5/7 The Howe..went gradually to leeward until she brought herself up with her sheet anchor. b. figurative. That on which one places one's reliance when everything else has failed. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > confident hope, trust > [noun] > object of trust sheet-anchor1524 confidence1535 staya1542 mainstay1604 reposure1682 dependence1753 α. 1524 in State Papers Henry VIII (1836) IV. 228 The next Parlament, which in maner shalbe the shoote anker for thexpedicion of our purpoos. 1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 498/1 Ye shall se what aunswere he maketh, & what he bringeth for the shote ancre of al his shifte. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) i. i. sig. A.ij^v Of all men he is my chiefe banker Both for meate and money, and my chiefe shootanker. 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 15, in 2nd Pt. Herball Then shall it be high tyme to go to the bathes as to the shot ancre. 1616 A. Champney Treat. Vocation Bishops 252 M. Mason cometh now to cast his shott anker, and saith. a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 62 Wherein yet Christ is the Shoot-anker of salvation. β. 1658 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 2nd Pt. 191 Casting out his sheat anchour [1669 sheath-anchor] of hope.1676 C. Molloy De Jure Maritimo (1688) iii. vii. 416 It is Foreign Trade that is the main Sheet-Anchor of us Islanders.1775 F. Burney Jrnl. 8 May in Early Jrnls. & Lett. (1990) II. The great sheet Anchor, on which we are to depend in our Voyage thro' life.1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Alice II. v. ii. 100 The landed interest..is the great stay of this country—the sheet anchor, I may say.1870 M. Bridgman Robert Lynne II. iv. 88 Bertie was..the sheet-anchor of her life.1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 821 Bleeding is our ‘sheet anchor’ in this disease.attributive.1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. ii. 25 As soon as he had his old sheet-anchor friend to hold on to. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1495
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