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a-weigh

The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea | 2006 | 255 words | Copyright

a-weigh, or aweigh, the situation of the anchor at the moment it is broken out of the ground when being weighed. When the anchor is a-weigh the ship is no longer secured to the ground and will drift unless under sail or power.

See also a-trip; under way.

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