mooring mast

noun

1. the mast or tower to which a dirigible is moored.

mooring mast

noun

1. a mast or tower to which a balloon or airship may be moored Also calledmooring tower

Word History and Origins

Origin of mooring mast¹

First recorded in 1915–20

Example Sentences

They saw its two hundred foot mooring mast for dirigibles rising above the eighty-five stories of the main structure.

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The dirigible is now connected with the head of the mooring mast by a long length of steel wire rope.

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One looked to Quest like a miniature broadcasting tower or a mooring mast for lighter than air craft.

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We climbed the dark and empty stairs, upward into the mooring mast.

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