moorings

/ (ˈmʊərɪŋz, ˈmɔː-) /


pl n
  1. nautical the ropes, anchors, etc, used in mooring a vessel

  2. (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 Kielland
  • In this manner he made a kind of triangular, triple anchorage, much stronger than the moorings with two anchors.

    Toilers of the Sea | Victor Hugo
  • As 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-Couch
  • The galleys soon began to be forced away from their moorings.

    Xerxes | Jacob Abbott