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

/ ˈmʊərɪŋ, ˈmɔː- /

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

Mr Bane said he had woken up when he heard the anchor alarm - which rings if the boat is straying from its mooring - and realised that Sarm was no longer on the yacht.

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Authorities said the port and a fish processing facility had been flooded, and vessels had been swept from their moorings.

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In a way the rising take-up for these memberships reflects India's broader post-liberalisation growth story – when the country opened up to the world and discarded its socialist moorings.

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Yacht moorings: During renovations, he spent time on one of his yachts anchored in the Potomac River and another penthouse apartment.

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The mooring lines tethered to the ocean floor are made of rope nearly thick as a telephone pole and under heavy tension.

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