Moorings
['mʊrɪŋz]
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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