anchorage
Cell or retreat of an anchorite, or person who has withdrawn from this world. They are often found over vestries on the north side of chancels in the North of England, but could be sited elsewhere, usually in churchyards. 2. Any of various means, as embedment length or hooked bars, for developing tension or compression in a reinforcing bar on each side of a critical section in order to prevent bond failure or splitting. 3. A mechanical device for locking a stressed tendon in position and delivering the prestressing force to the concrete, either permanently in a posttensioned member or temporarily during hardening of a pretensioned concrete member. 4. A means for binding a structural member to another or to its foundation, often to resist uplifting and horizontal forces. (Curl & Wilson, 2016)