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mooring

[ moor-ing ]

/ ˈmʊər ɪŋ /

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noun

the act of a person or thing that moors.

Usually moorings. the means by which a ship, boat, or aircraft is moored.

moorings, a place where a ship, boat, or aircraft may be moored.

Usually moorings. one's stability or security: After the death of his wife he lost his moorings.

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Origin of mooring

1375–1425; late Middle English; compare Middle Dutch moor;see moor², -ing¹

Words nearby mooring

Moore's law, moorfowl, moor grass, Moorhead, moorhen, mooring, mooring buoy, mooring mast, mooring rack, moorings, mooring screw

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Example sentences from the Web for mooring

That is, neither country can afford to anchor its strategy to ideology, long after any mooring in reality has vanished.
Israel Needs Better War Technology|Lloyd Green|July 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Launch and recovery, using a ring-shaped mooring device, is largely automated.
Why Old-School Airships Now Rule Our Warzones|Bill Sweetman|June 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There was enough, at all events, to carry them up past the village and back again to their mooring-place.
The Rival Campers|Ruel Perley Smith
At Cantley it is difficult to find a mooring-place, and the northward bank is lined with yachts for half a mile.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.

No time was lost in bringing up and mooring the vessels, and driving piles into the harbour for their better security.
The Indian in his Wigwam|Henry R. Schoolcraft
There was no way of mooring the craft, and she swung back and forth in the wind, making it necessary for Matt to stay aboard.
Motor Matt's Peril, or, Cast Away in the Bahamas|Stanley R. Matthews
We arrived at Sydney next day, and within half an hour of mooring the ship I paid the man his wages and turned him adrift.
The Cruise of the "Esmeralda"|Harry Collingwood

British Dictionary definitions for mooring

mooring

/ (ˈmʊərɪŋ, ˈmɔː-) /

noun

a place for mooring a vessel

a permanent anchor, dropped in the water and equipped with a floating buoy, to which vessels can moor

See also moorings

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