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anchor chain

NOUN
  1. the chain or rope that attaches an anchor to a vessel

How To Use anchor chain In A Sentence

  • Anchors and anchor chains cause serious damage to reef corals and will uproot sea grasses.
  • Local environmentalists say that a single anchor chain can destroy almost an acre of coral in one day. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Rainbow Warrior had been blockading the military port until police boarded the ship on Saturday night and cut her anchor chain forcing the ship into dock.
  • The anchor chain tightened and ran up its side, forcing the boat over. The Sun
  • The anchor chains rumbled through hawsepipes.
  • Her anchor chains are on trailers at dockside and her huge oil transfer hoses are nowhere to be seen.
  • The rope fouled the anchor chain.
  • A boatswain's mate on a ship's forecastle might not be paying attention to the color of the anchor chain paying out of the locker, or turn the friction brake in the wrong direction, with disastrous results.
  • The anchor chain tightened and ran up its side, forcing the boat over. The Sun
  • Examining the port side, the anchor chain can be seen to hang down from the hawsepipe a foot or so and then abruptly end without an anchor.
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