碇てい置ちMeanings1nounanchorageRefers to the act of anchoring a vessel or the place where a vessel anchors. A technical nautical term.船ふねは港みなとのていちに停てい泊はくした。The ship anchored at the port's anchorage.この湾わんは天てん然ねんの良よい碇てい置ちだ。This bay is a good natural anchorage.