Anchorage

1. Something on which one may depend for security; ground of trust.
2. A place suitable for anchoring or where ships anchor; a hold for an anchor.
3. The act of anchoring, or the condition of lying at anchor.
4. Something which holds like an anchor; a hold; as, the anchorages of the Brooklyn Bridge.
5. The set of anchors belonging to a ship.
6. Abode of an anchoret.
7. A toll for anchoring; anchorage duties.