disanchor

verb

disanchor

verb

Etymology From dis- + anchor: compare French désancrer.

1

Ambitransitive, Obsolete To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor.

Euen Mariners, which are called with the course and force of winds, being in an Hauen, wil not disanchor, nor depart out of the Hauen, without a prosperous wind1600, Robert Cawdry, A Treasure or store-house of similies:

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