anchoress Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb fix firmly and stably
    anchor; ground.
    • anchor the lamppost in concrete
  2. verb secure a vessel with an anchor
    cast anchor; anchor; drop anchor.
    • We anchored at Baltimore

WordNet


An"cho*ress noun
Definitions
  1. A female anchoret.
    And there, a saintly anchoress, she dwelt. Wordsworth.

Webster 1913