anchor ball
noun
1
: a projectile with grappling hooks attached used in the lifesaving service to fire into the rigging of wrecked vessels
2
: a black ball displayed in the rigging between bow and foremast by a vessel at anchor in or near a channel
Word History
First Known Use
1858, in the meaning defined at sense 1
- feel-good
- feel/look like something the cat brought/dragged/drug in
- feeler
- feeler gauge
- feeler pin
- feelers
- feeless
- feeling
- feeling (for)
- feeling (out)
- feeling for
- feeling like
- feeling of loss
- feeling out
- feeling sorry for myself
- feeling the squeeze
- feeling tone
- feeling up
- feelingful
- feelingless
- feelinglessly
- feelinglier
- feelingliest
- feelingly
- feelingness