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.