mud-hook

"What's the use pushing out there again, and dropping the mud-hook overboard, when we can tie up so nicely right here?" remarked Step Hen.

The Boy Scouts on Sturgeon Island or Marooned Among the Game-fish Poachers Herbert Carter

The mud-hook was dropped in the bay off Tompkinsville, Thursday, May

A Gunner Aboard the "Yankee" Russell Doubleday 1910

'Break out the mud-hook!' and a tremendous combined effort ensues.

All Afloat A Chronicle of Craft and Waterways William Charles Henry Wood 1905

Fortunately under the circumstances the Bolo carried a capstan which could be thrown into a gear with the engine, otherwise it would have been impossible for her to anchor in that depth of water, as her crew could never have got up the mud-hook by hand.

The Boy Aviators' Treasure Quest John Henry Goldfrap 1898

"He's wondering if we're going to hoist the mud-hook," smiled Tom.

The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise 1895

At the first strong sign of our getting hemmed in by it we'll lift our mud-hook [the anchor] and move in closer.

The Motor Boat Club and The Wireless Or, the Dot, Dash and Dare Cruise 1895

We then hove up our mud-hook, and ran in, anchoring in Banana Creek, opposite

The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast Harry Collingwood 1886

We were over three weeks on the passage, having an alternation of calms and strong head-winds to contend with; so that I was heartily glad when we at length found ourselves in port, and the _mud-hook_ down.

Under the Meteor Flag Log of a Midshipman during the French Revolutionary War Harry Collingwood 1886

"No," replied Barry, with a laugh; "but I hope to be within a week or so after this little brig drops her mud-hook in Sydney harbour."

Edward Barry South Sea Pearler Louis Becke 1884

When we do, I'm off as soon as the mud-hook finds bottom.

Down the Rhine Young America in Germany Oliver Optic 1859