Anchorage

Origin

anchor + -age

Full definition of anchorage

Noun

1. (nautical) A harbor, river, or offshore area that can accommodate a ship at anchor, either for quarantine, queuing, or discharge.US FM 55-15 TRANSPORTATION REFERENCE DATA; 9 June 1886.
2. (nautical) A fee charged for anchoring.
3. That into which something is anchored or fastened.the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge
4. (medicine) The surgical fixation of prolapsed organs.
5. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
6. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
7. (figurative) Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.

Coordinate terms

• (fee for anchoring) cranage, demurrage, shippage, shorage, tonnage, wharfage