Anchor Watch
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A watch, consisting of a small number of men, (from one to four,) kept constantly on deck while the vessel is riding at single anchor, to see that the stoppers, painters, cables, and buoy-ropes are ready for immediate use.
The Lady Franklin, 2 Lowell, 220, Fed. Cas. No. 7,984.