Object Used to Stop, Slow or Hold a Ship in Place

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Circus, Group 96, Puzzle 2 (Ringling Brothers Circus).

Question is: Object Used to Stop, Slow or Hold a Ship in Place

and the answer is: ANCHOR

Word Meaning:

ANCHOR — (nautical) A tool used to moor a vessel to the bottom of a sea or river to resist movement.

Definitions from Wiktionary.

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