'Anchors' in the Bible

Then for fear of possibly running on rocks, they threw out four anchors from the stern and waited impatiently for daylight.

The sailors, however, wanted to make their escape from the ship, and had lowered the boat into the sea, pretending that they were going to lay out anchors from the bow.

So they cut away the anchors and left them in the sea, unloosing at the same time the bands which secured the paddle-rudders. Then, hoisting the foresail to the wind, they made for the beach.