anchorage

anchorage is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 6 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
  2. 2.The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
  3. 3.Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
  4. 4.Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
  5. 5.A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties. Johnson.
  6. 6.Abode of an anchoret.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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