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What is the name of the stem of an anchor?
I'd always heard it called the Shank.
What are the parts of navy anchor?
The main parts of a navy anchor are the shank, flukes (also known as arms), crown, stock, and ring. The shank is a long, vertical shaft that connects the crown to the stock. The flukes are the curved arms that dig into the seabed to provide stability. The crown is the top part of the anchor, and the stock is a horizontal bar that helps the anchor lay on the seabed properly. Lastly, the ring is a loop at the top of the shank for attaching the anchor chain.
What is the beam of an aircraft carrier?
In any vessel it is a transverse horizontal member for supporting the decks and the flats. It is also the shank of the anchor
What is a beef shank?
The beef shank is the shank (or leg) portion of a steer or heifer
What means Anchor in biology?
1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station.The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called astock, above which is a ring for the cable, and at the other end the crown, from which branch out two or more arms with flukes, forming with the shank a suitable angle to enter the ground.Formerly the largest and strongest anchor was the sheet anchor (hence, fig, best hope or last refuge), called also waist anchor. Now the bower and the sheet anchor are usually alike. Then came the bestbower and the small bower (so called from being carried on the bows). The stream anchor is one fourth the weight of the bower anchor. Kedges or kedge anchors are light anchors used in warping.2. Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ships anchor, as an arrangement of timberto hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in Place.3. That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. Which hope we have as an anchorof the soul. (Heb. Vi. 19)4. An em 1000 blem of hope.5. A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; a part of the ornaments of certainmoldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament.6. (Science: zoology) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of synapta.Anchor ice. See ice. Anchor ring.(Science: mathematics) The crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. The anchor comes home, when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts.Foul anchor, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the slack cable entangled. The anchor is acockbill, when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. The anchor is apeak, when the cable is drawn in do tight as to bring to ship directly over it. The anchor is atrip, or aweigh, when it is lifted out of the ground. The anchor is awash, when it is hove up to the surface of the water. At anchor, anchored. To back ananchor, to increase the holding power by laying down a small anchor ahead of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home. To cast anchor, to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest. To cat the anchor, to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper. To fish the anchor, to hoist the flukes to their resting place (called the bill-boards), and pass the shank painter. To weigh anchor, to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away.
What actors and actresses appeared in Court Report - 2009?
The cast of Court Report - 2009 includes: Andre Agassi as himself Boris Becker as himself Cari Champion as Anchor Cari Champion as herself Jim Courier as himself Steffi Graf as herself Benny Harris as Shank Andrei Medvedev as himself Pete Sampras as himself Arlene Santana as Anchor Angela Sun as Anchor Angela Sun as Anchor (2009)
What does 'shank you with a fork' mean?
To shank is to stab.
What is a veal shank?
Where does a veal shank come from
What is the birth name of Clayton Shank?
Clayton Shank's birth name is Clayton Robert Shank.
What is the birth name of Bud Shank?
Bud Shank's birth name is Clifford Everett Shank Jr..
How tall is Tatum Shank?
Tatum Shank is 6'.
What is a good sentence for the word shank?
man a get shank breh
