An inclined platform, fitted at the intersection of the forward weather deck and the shell, for stowing an anchor. It may be fitted with a tripping device for dropping the anchor overboard. Seldom fitted since the stockless anchor has come into general use.
Iplatifomu ethambekileyo, efakelwe ekunqamlezeni komgangatho wangaphambili wemo-zulu kunye ne'shell', yenzelwe ukufaka i-ankile. Inokufakelwa isixhobo sokukhulula nokulahla i-ankile emanzini.