vessel at anchor
61ice anchor — a form of anchor, q.v., with a single hook used to moor a vessel to ice …
62ice anchor — a large, hooklike device for setting in ice to anchor a vessel or to provide a hold for a hawser in warping it along. Also called ice drag. [1765 75] * * * …
63lying at anchor — A vessel floating on the water, but held by her cable and anchor. Reid v Lancaster Fire Ins. Co. 19 Hun 284, 285 …
64Non-Vessel-Operating Common Carrier — ou NVOCC est un terme désignant une société achetant une capacité de transport maritime, généralement un des conteneurs maritimes auprès d une compagnie maritime qu’il revend ensuite à ses clients sous sa propre responsabilité, le contrat de… …
65sea anchor — the American term for the British word drogue, namely a drag, usually a canvas covered conical frame, floating behind a vessel to prevent drifting or to maintain a heading into the wind …
66sea anchor — Naut. any of various devices, as a drogue, that have great resistance to being pulled through the water and are dropped forward of a vessel at the end of a cable to hold the bow into the wind or sea during a storm. [1760 70] * * * …
67sea anchor — sea′ an chor n. navig. any of various devices that are dropped at the end of cable to hold the bow of a vessel into the wind …
68sea anchor — noun restraint consisting of a canvas covered frame that floats behind a vessel; prevents drifting or maintains the heading into a wind • Syn: ↑drogue • Hypernyms: ↑restraint, ↑constraint • Part Holonyms: ↑ship …
69Glossary of nautical terms — This is a glossary of nautical terms; some remain current, many date from the 17th 19th century. See also Wiktionary s nautical terms, Category:Nautical terms, and Nautical metaphors in English. Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R …
70International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea — The International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 (COLREGS) are published by the International Maritime Organization (IMO), and set out, inter alia, the rules of the road or navigation rules to be followed by ships and other… …
