anchor-chain

But one stormy night, by an accident for which he was in nowise accountable, in overhauling a spare anchor-chain he had all the fingers of his left hand badly crushed.

Chris Farrington, Able Seaman 2010

"Let go!" the low voice came to her through the darkness, followed by the surging rumble of the anchor-chain.

Chapter 15 2010

Over their coffee, they heard the rumble of an anchor-chain through a hawse-pipe, tokening the arrival of a vessel.

A GOBOTO NIGHT 2010

This, with much unseaman-like performance, we succeeded in doing, and likewise in clearing the anchor-chain, of which we let out about three hundred feet.

A Raid on the Oyster Pirates 2010

The oyster pirates lay snugly together at short hawsers, the weather being fine, and they protested loudly at our ignorance in putting out such an unwarranted length of anchor-chain.

A Raid on the Oyster Pirates 2010

As they drink their coffee an anchor-chain is heard rumbling through a hawse-pipe and Gee says, "It's David Grief," and Deacon calls the deduction "unadulterated poppycock."

“Have you lived? What have you got to show for it?” 2008

The anchor-chain looked contemptuous of its charge; the binnacle with its compass was of a size and prominence almost comically impressive, and was, moreover the only piece of brass which was burnished and showed traces of reverent care.

The Riddle of the Sands Childers, Erskine, 1870-1922 1955

The anchor-chain ran merrily out, and we rounded to in the narrow harbor of

Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

The engineer, hearing the anchor-chain rattle through the hole, blew the steam-whistle in simple high spirits.

The Book of Missionary Heroes Basil Mathews

When we came alongside I climbed to the deck by the anchor-chain, when

Adventures in Southern Seas A Tale of the Sixteenth Century George Forbes