'Sheet anchor' definitions:
Definition of 'sheet anchor'
(from WordNet)
noun
Spare anchor for use in emergency [syn: sheet anchor, waist anchor]
Definition of 'Sheet anchor'
From: GCIDE
- Sheet anchor \Sheet" an"chor\ [OE. scheten to shoot, AS. sce['o]tan; cf. OE. shoot anchor. See Shoot, v. t.]
- 1. (Naut.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge. [1913 Webster]