'Anchors' in the Bible

Fearing that we might run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and began praying for daylight to come.

Meanwhile, the sailors had begun trying to escape from the ship. They lowered the lifeboat into the sea and pretended that they were going to lay out the anchors from the bow.

So they cut the anchors free and left them in the sea. At the same time they untied the ropes that held the steering oars, raised the foresail to the wind, and headed for the beach.