sheet anchor
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Yet, Jane — Tomalin calls her “the true heroine of this story” — remained the sheet anchor of his life, as well as his typist.
From Washington Post • Nov. 2, 2021
In summer he manages his two dairy farms, calls them "a sheet anchor against inflation."
From Time Magazine Archive
By this time it was again night; the rollers had greatly increased, and should the sheet anchor give way, it was clear that nothing could save the ship.
From The Three Admirals by Wells, J.R.
After getting the sheet anchor to the bows, and the broken one in-board, we weighed and made sail to windward, in search of a good anchorage.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Fitzroy, Robert
As a last resort, Porter let go his sheet anchor, which brought the head of his vessel round so that his broadsides again bore.
From The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 by Headley, Joel Tyler
