Anchor chain - Anka-chen

Japanese: アンカーチェーン - あんかーちぇーん
Anchor chain - Anka-chen

…Anchor is a tool used to anchor a ship in a place where there are no mooring facilities. It is usually dropped along with an anchor chain to secure the ship in a certain position. The history of anchors is long, and as the character for anchor ("ika" meaning anchor) is used, in ancient times, a stone or a stone tied to an L-shaped piece of wood was used. …

From [Chain]

...The most widely used power transmission chains are roller chains, which have cocoon-shaped steel link plates connected by pins and have rollers inserted between them, and silent chains, which use specially shaped link plates to reduce noise during operation. The chain attached to the anchor of a ship is called an anchor chain. Anchor [Kitago Kaoru]
[Ornamental Chain]
Chains as accessories have been made since the 4th century BCE, and there are references to gold chains in the Book of Genesis in the Old Testament.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "anchor chain" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アンカーanchorともいう。船を係留設備のないところに停泊させる際に用いられる道具で,通常,錨鎖(びようさ)(アンカーチェーン)とともに投下して船を一定の位置に固定する。錨の歴史は古く,碇という字が用いられたことからもわかるように,古代には石や石をL字形の木片に縛ったものが用いられた。…

【鎖】より

…動力伝達用の鎖としては,繭形をした鋼板性のリンクプレートをピンで結合し,これにローラーを入れたローラーチェーンと,運転時における騒音を減らすため,特殊な形状のリンクプレートを用いるサイレントチェーンとがもっとも広く使用されている。なお,船のいかりに取り付ける鎖は錨鎖(びようさ),またはアンカーチェーンと呼ばれる。錨(いかり)【北郷 薫】
[装身用鎖]
 装身具としての鎖は前4世紀ころからつくられ,旧約聖書の《創世記》にも金鎖の記述が見える。…

※「アンカーチェーン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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