mooring

[ moor-ing ]

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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.

Origin of mooring

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

Words Nearby mooring

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How to use mooring in a sentence

Investment opportunities there could include dynamic mooring systems that automatically respond to storm surges, cranes that can operate safely in hotter and harsher conditions, and ships that are more rugged.
Bill Gates’s energy venture fund is expanding into climate adaptation and later-stage investments | James Temple | October 19, 2022 | MIT Technology Review
Upon reaching its destination port the ship was even able to steer itself into its designated bay, with drones dropping its mooring line.
Japan Wants to Make Half Its Cargo Ships Autonomous by 2040 | Vanessa Bates Ramirez | February 23, 2022 | Singularity Hub
Other groups have set up arrays of moorings across different parts of the Atlantic to better understand how varying components work, how tightly the system is connected, and whether changes in one part are rippling throughout.
The Atlantic’s vital currents could collapse. Scientists are racing to understand the dangers. | James Temple | December 14, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
The Coast Guard stated at least one vessel, tied to a tugboat, floated adrift from its moorings, according to The Times-Picayune.
Before and after images show the devastation from Hurricane Ida | Kasha Patel, Laris Karklis, Zach Levitt | September 1, 2021 | Washington Post
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 | THE 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 | THE 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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