anker

American  

[ang-ker] / ˈæŋ kər /

noun

plural

ankers

1. a unit of volume formerly used for wine and distilled liquor in some European countries and equal to about 10 gallons, with the exact amount depending on context. The anker was also used in some places settled by the Dutch, such as South Africa and parts of New York.

2. a keg holding about 10 gallons.

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Example Sentences

The 22 we came to an anker at an Island called Santa Cruz,101 where all the planters were set on land, staying there till the 25 of the same moneth.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

On examination, the spot where the convicts had broached the anker was clearly visible.

From Highway Pirates or, The Secret Place at Coverthorne by Avery, Harold

And you must anker surely: for there goeth a great tyde: for the Sea runneth there as swiftly.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

The 22 our Pinnesse came also to an anker in Aligato Bay at cape Tyburon.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard

After wee had strooken sayle and cast anker athwart the Riuer, I determined to goe on shore to discouer the same.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard