Meaning of MOORING
| Pronunciation: | | 'mûring
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- [n] a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place
- [n] a place where a craft can be made fast
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| | Synonyms: | | berth, moorage, mooring line, slip |
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| | See Also: | | anchorage, anchorage ground, headfast, line | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Moor"ing\, n.
1. The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by
means of anchors or fastenings.
2. That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as
anchors, cables, bridles, etc.
3. pl. The place or condition of a ship thus confined.
And the tossed bark in moorings swings. --Moore.
{Mooring block} (Naut.), a heavy block of cast iron sometimes
used as an anchor for mooring vessels.
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| | Related Terms: | | anchor, anchorage, anchorage ground, basin, berth, breakwater, bulkhead, colonization, debarkation, disembarkation, disembarkment, dock, dockage, docking, dockyard, dropping anchor, dry dock, embankment, establishment, fixation, foundation, going ashore, groin, harbor, harborage, haven, hook, inauguration, initiation, installation, installment, investiture, jetty, jutty, landfall, landing, landing place, landing stage, lodgment, marina, mole, mooring buoy, moorings, mudhook, peopling, pier, plantation, population, port, protected anchorage, quay, road, roads, roadstead, seaport, seawall, settlement, settling, shipyard, slip, tying up, wharf |
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