sheet anchor

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1. sheet anchor - Noun

2. sheet anchor - Verb

A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor.

Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge.

Source: Webster's dictionary

waist anchor bower protection insurance buffer anchor parachute safeguard ballast precaution subsidy drogue safety net safety valve deadweight

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I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety. Frederick Douglass