WordNet
cast anchor
v. secure a vessel with an anchor; "We anchored at Baltimore" [syn: anchor, drop anchor]
Usage examples of "cast anchor".
We left Spithead in August, and it was not until February, 1810, that the Curieuse entered the magnificent harbour of Port Jackson, and cast anchor in Farm Cove, exchanging salutes with the three British ships of war moored close by -- the Porpoise, the Dromedary, and the Hindostan.
It blows steadily from the west at present, and we shall be lucky if we cast anchor under a week in the Pool.
She cast anchor, clued up sails, and on the deck was Captain Gaumard giving orders, and good old Penelon making signals to M.