(of an anchor) no longer caught on the bottom; tripped; aweigh
atrip in American English
(əˈtrɪp)
adjective Nautical
1.
aweigh
2. (of a sail)
in position and ready for trimming
3. (of a yard)
hoisted and ready to be fastened in position
4. (of an upper mast)
unfastened and ready for lowering
Word origin
[1620–30; a-1 + trip]This word is first recorded in the period 1620–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: clinic, geometric, headline, settlement, vetoa- is a reduced form of the Old English preposition on, meaning “on,” “in,” “into,” “to,” “toward,” preserved before a noun in a prepositionalphrase, forming a predicate adjective or an adverbial element (afoot; abed; ashore; aside; away), or before an adjective (afar; aloud; alow), as a moribund prefix with a verb (acknowledge), and in archaic and dialectal use before a present participle in -ing (set the bells aringing); and added to a verb stem with the force of a present participle (ablaze; agape; aglow; astride; and originally, awry)