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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: waist anchor
waist anchor
n : spare anchor for use in emergency [syn:
sheet anchor]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Waist anchor
Waist
\Waist\, n. [OE. wast; originally, growth, akin to AS.
weaxan to grow; cf. AS. w[ae]stm growth. See
Wax to grow.]
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1. That part of the human body which is immediately below the
ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the
thorax and hips. --Chaucer.
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I am in the waist two yards about. --Shak.
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2. Hence, the middle part of other bodies; especially
(Naut.), that part of a vessel's deck, bulwarks, etc.,
which is between the quarter-deck and the forecastle; the
middle part of the ship.
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3. A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body
from the neck or shoulders to the waist line.
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4. A girdle or belt for the waist. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Waist anchor. See
Sheet anchor, 1, in the Vocabulary.
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