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mushroom anchor

–noun Nautical.
a stockless anchor having a bowlike head, used chiefly for semipermanent moorings.


Origin:
1835–45
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mushroom anchor

noun
an anchor used for semipermanent moorings; has a bowl-shaped head that will dig in however it falls 
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