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flying moor

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noun

Nautical.

  1. the act of mooring a vessel between two anchors, the first dropped while the vessel is under way.

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Sail was shortened as we came in, and the ship made a flying moor; after which we lay as securely, at if actually in some basin wrought by art.

From Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale by Cooper, James Fenimore

With great skill our pilot tried a "flying moor," letting our anchor go while we were forging ahead at a good rate, then immediately clewing up all sail.

From The Log of a Sea-Waif Being Recollections of the First Four Years of My Sea Life by Bullen, Frank T.

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