Usually means: Primary, reliable anchor for stability.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word sheet anchor:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. sheet anchor: Merriam-Webster
  2. sheet anchor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. sheet anchor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. sheet anchor: Collins English Dictionary
  5. sheet anchor: Vocabulary.com
  6. sheet-anchor, sheet anchor: Wordnik
  7. sheet anchor: Wiktionary
  8. sheet anchor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. sheet anchor: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. sheet anchor: Dictionary.com
  11. Sheet anchor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. sheet anchor: Rhymezone
  13. Sheet anchor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. sheet-anchor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. Sheet Anchor: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  16. sheet anchor: FreeDictionary.org
  17. sheet anchor: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. sheet anchor: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. sheet anchor: Encyclopedia

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)

(Note: See sheet_anchors as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (sheet anchor)

noun:  (nautical) A large, spare anchor used in an emergency.
noun:  (by extension) A source of help in times of danger; last resort.
noun:  (cricket) A batsman who provides dependable defence while a series of other batsmen score rapidly.

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