anchorage

Definitions

• (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge..
• (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
• That into which something is anchored or fastened.
• (medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
• The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
• The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
• The retreat of a hermit, or anchorite.
• (figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.