Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Trend \Trend\, n.
   Inclination in a particular direction; tendency; general
   direction; as, the trend of a coast.

   {Trend of an anchor}. (Naut.)
   (a) The lower end of the shank of an anchor, being the same
       distance on the shank from the throat that the arm
       measures from the throat to the bill. --R. H. Dana, Jr.
   (b) The angle made by the line of a vessel's keel and the
       direction of the anchor cable, when she is swinging at
       anchor.