noun
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a place for mooring a vessel
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a charge for mooring
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the act of mooring
Etymology
Origin of moorage
Example Sentences
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The daily moorage minimum fee — currently $15 — would increase by $8, and the annual moorage minimum would jump from $60 to $80 per vessel.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 10, 2024
A lack of affordable boat moorage and communal spaces on the pricey coast makes it difficult for the Chumash to pray and celebrate their culture on land too, Jaimes says.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2023
It was placed into long-term moorage in 2020 as a result of "operation challenges" during the Covid pandemic, and has not been used since.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2023
The ship was placed in long-term moorage in Edinburgh in 2020 because of “operational challenges” during the pandemic and was ultimately sold last year to the U.S.
From New York Times • Mar. 22, 2023
In Salmon Bay, just to the east, dozens of fishing boats, unused for months, sat bobbing at moorage, the paint peeling from their weathered hulls.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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