Ankerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Dutch anker

名詞

anker (複数形 ankers)

1. (obsolete) A measure of wine or spirit equal to 10 gallons; a barrel of this capacity.
   • 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, “He is Made Acquainted with the Characters of Commodore Trunnion and His Adherents; Meets with Them by Accident and Contracts an Intimacy with that Commander”, in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC, page 6, column 1:

     And if your honour ſhould want a ſmall parcel of fine tea, or a few anchors of right Nantz, I'll be bound you ſhall be furniſhed to your heart's content.

   • 1889, Robert Louis Stevenson, “The Master’s Wanderings”, in The Master of Ballantrae. […], London, Paris: Cassell & Company, […], →OCLC, page 56:

     [I]t is quite a painful reflection how many whole crews we have made to walk the plank for no more than a stock of biscuit or an anker or two of spirit.

参照

• OED 2nd edition 1989

アナグラム

• Karen, Krane, karen, knare, naker, ranke