Wiktionary
n. A very heavy rope or chain by which a ship's anchor is hoisted.
Wikipedia
The Anchor Line was a steamboat company that operated a fleet of boats on the Mississippi River between St. Louis, Missouri, and New Orleans, Louisiana, between 1859 and 1898, when it went out of business. It was one of the most well-known, if not successful, pools of steamboats formed on the lower Mississippi River in the decades following the American Civil War.
Anchor Line could mean:
- The Anchor Line (riverboat company), a Mississippi steamer service.
- The Anchor Line (steamship company), a transatlantic steamship company founded in 1856 and acquired by Cunard Line in 1911.
The Anchor Line was a Scottish steamship company, from 1855 to 1980.
Usage examples of "anchor line".
Captain Mike Amell then expertly moored the Mikado III directly over the wreck so the divers could descend on the anchor line.
As Hal watched they reached the frigate's drooping anchor line and he saw Sukeena stand up in the bows and take hold of the cable.
The distress call originated with the station, crawling up its anchor line with stubborn resiliency.
He could step cautiously, and cut the anchor line, disabling the trap, and go on quickly.
In his memory he felt the slashing rain, the slipperiness of the wet anchor line.
By the light of the flash Anna held, Curt was tying an anchor line around the stunted oak at Lechuguilla's mouth.
Anchored from its bow, the Goya was aimed into the current, straining at its massive anchor line like a chained beast.