(Naut.)

the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms.

See also: Anchor

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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Above, an anchor stock and ring, and right, a breech-loading gun recovered from the wreck, and the ship's bronze bell, from an underwater survey of the Tal-y-Bont designated shipwreck, carried out by the Archaeological Diving Unit

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View of anchor stock and ring from the Tal-y-Bont designated shipwreck

The hidden wrecks of Wales that you never knew were there; They all lie beneath the waves off the Welsh coast

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The scientists recovered more mundane items too, such as lead anchor stocks, fragments of lead hull sheathing, and ceramic jars.

A luxury-laden shipwreck from 65 B.C.: marine archaeologists return to titanic of ancient world'

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