anchor watch
nounNautical.
a deck watch maintained by the crew of a ship at anchor.
Origin of anchor watch
1First recorded in 1875–80
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How to use anchor watch in a sentence
If the vessel was at anchor in a roadstead, he had to keep his two-hour anchor watch the same as the rest of the crew.
Windjammers and Sea Tramps | Walter RuncimanHe sent the hands below at ten o'clock, saying he would keep the anchor watch himself.
The Vultures | Henry Seton MerrimanThe ship was then moored with a kedge astern, sails furled, and all hands retired to rest, except an anchor watch.
Then the forecastle hands cast lots who should keep the first anchor watch.
The Shellback's Progress | Walter RuncimanI had the honour of keeping an anchor-watch in company with a grum old Swede, as we lay in the Hudson.
Afloat And Ashore | James Fenimore Cooper
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