Mooring
['mɔːrɪŋ;'mʊə-] or ['mʊrɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place.
(noun.) a place where a craft can be made fast.
Checker: Yale--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moor
(n.) The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings.
(n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc.
(n.) The place or condition of a ship thus confined.
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Examples
- K K, Steam Winches for working moorings and shifting position of the barge. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Pancks opened the door for him, towed him in, and retired to his own moorings in a corner. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Old Scholey ran in at breakfast-time, to say she had slipped her moorings and was coming out, I jumped up, and made but two steps to the platform. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The craft lay at her moorings with uncovered hatch. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Boats without awnings were too hot to touch; ships blistered at their moorings; the stones of the quays had not cooled, night or day, for months. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Be it as it might, he gave his moorings the slip, and followed in chase. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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