mooring

[ moor-ing ]

noun

1. the act of a person or thing that moors. moor.
2. Usually moorings. the means by which a ship, boat, or aircraft is moored. moor.
3. moorings, a place where a ship, boat, or aircraft may be moored. moor.
4. Usually moorings. one's stability or security:

   After the death of his wife he lost his moorings.

mooring

/ ˈmɔː-; ˈmʊərɪŋ /

noun

1. a place for mooring a vessel
2. a permanent anchor, dropped in the water and equipped with a floating buoy, to which vessels can moor

Word History and Origins

Origin of mooring¹

1375–1425; late Middle English; compare Middle Dutch moor; moor ², -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Investment opportunities there could include dynamic mooring systems that automatically respond to storm surges, cranes that can operate safely in hotter and harsher conditions, and ships that are more rugged.

From MIT Technology Review

Upon reaching its destination port the ship was even able to steer itself into its designated bay, with drones dropping its mooring line.

From Singularity Hub 

Other groups have set up arrays of moorings across different parts of the Atlantic to better understand how varying components work, how tightly the system is connected, and whether changes in one part are rippling throughout.

From MIT Technology Review

The Coast Guard stated at least one vessel, tied to a tugboat, floated adrift from its moorings, according to The Times-Picayune.

From Washington Post

That is, neither country can afford to anchor its strategy to ideology, long after any mooring in reality has vanished.

From The Daily Beast

Launch and recovery, using a ring-shaped mooring device, is largely automated.

From The Daily Beast

There was enough, at all events, to carry them up past the village and back again to their mooring-place.

From Project Gutenberg

At Cantley it is difficult to find a mooring-place, and the northward bank is lined with yachts for half a mile.

From Project Gutenberg

No time was lost in bringing up and mooring the vessels, and driving piles into the harbour for their better security.

From Project Gutenberg

There was no way of mooring the craft, and she swung back and forth in the wind, making it necessary for Matt to stay aboard.

From Project Gutenberg

We arrived at Sydney next day, and within half an hour of mooring the ship I paid the man his wages and turned him adrift.

From Project Gutenberg