Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gripping device for lifting a pole or pile which has been driven into the mud to serve as an anchor for a dredge-boat.
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Examples
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Actually, I recently saw a boy on an anchor-lift fall backwards when he and his friend caused it to tip the friend off, and then the remaining boy was dragged by the knees with his head and upper body bouncing off the hard packed snow!
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