moorings
/ (ˈmʊərɪŋz, ˈmɔː-) /
nautical the ropes, anchors, etc, used in mooring a vessel
(sometimes singular) something that provides security or stability
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How to use moorings in a sentence
If, however, our religion implicates itself in a political cause, it links its credibility to the most transient of moorings.
No surprise, then, that having slipped the moorings of a common reality it slipped the moorings of a common decency as well.
The wind whistled terribly through the rigging of the great ships, and the moorings and fenders creaked and grated.
Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange KiellandIn this manner he made a kind of triangular, triple anchorage, much stronger than the moorings with two anchors.
Toilers of the Sea | Victor HugoAs soon as she had picked up moorings Nat landed at the dockyard, and, proceeding to the admiral's, reported himself there.
A Roving Commission | G. A. Henty
If drink must be your moorings, don't pick 'em up too rash. '
The Adventures of Harry Revel | Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-CouchThe galleys soon began to be forced away from their moorings.
Xerxes | Jacob Abbott
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