anchor plate (angkorplat)

1. A heavy metal plate to which is secured the extremity of a cable of a suspension-bridge. See Anchor ell ada . anchore , anchor it e te (ang'kor-es, -i-tes), n. [Early mod. E. reg. ankre , ancre , ankri e , ankres : see anchor, anker , IMG:content-0709.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0710.png:[blocks in formation] If that supposal should fail us, all our anchorage were loose, and we should but wander in a wild sea. Wotton. 4. A duty imposed on ships for anchoring in a harbor; anchorage-dues. This corporation, otherwise a poor one, holds also the anchorage in the harbour. R. Carew , Survey of Cornwall. anchorage2 (ang'kor-āj), n. [ -age .] The cell or retreat of an anchoret.