Bow-anchor
11anchor light — /ˈæŋkə laɪt/ (say angkuh luyt) noun a light carried at the bow or stern of a ship at anchor, visible from any direction for at least three kilometres. Also, riding light …
12Anchor Search — You should draw the bow and hold the string in the same location every time (anchoring) the bowstring. Many people who shoot with fingers use the corner of their mouth as an anchor point …
13anchor pocket — Naut. a recess in the bow of a vessel, for housing a stockless anchor …
14bower-anchor — bowˈer or bowˈer anchor noun An anchor at the bow (best bower and small bower) • • • Main Entry: ↑bow * * * bower anchor see bower n.4 …
15Compound bow — A Browning Compound Bow A compound bow is a modern bow that uses a levering system, usually of cables and pulleys, to bend the limbs. The limbs of a compound bow are much stiffer than those of a recurve bow or longbow. This limb stiffness makes… …
16Sea anchor — A sea anchor, used to stabilize a boat in heavy weather, anchors not to the sea floor but to the water itself, as a kind of brake. Sea anchors are known by a number of names, such as drift anchor, drift sock, para anchor, and boat brakes. These… …
17List of bow tie wearers — This list of bow tie wearers includes famous people and fictional characters associated with bow ties.A man s wearing of bow ties is often noticed and commented upon. Men s clothier Jack Freedman told the New York Times that wearing a bow tie is… …
18sea 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] * * * …
19bower anchor — noun each of the two main anchors of a ship, carried permanently attached to their cables on each side of the bow, always ready to be let go in case of an emergency …
20sea 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 …
