Found 2 items, similar to Waist anchor.
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.] [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] I am in the waist two yards about. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 3. A garment, or part of a garment, which covers the body from the neck or shoulders to the waist line. [1913 Webster] 4. A girdle or belt for the waist. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] Waist anchor. See Sheet anchor, 1, in the Vocabulary. [1913 Webster]