mooring buoy

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noun Nautical.

a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.

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Origin of mooring buoy

First recorded in 1800–10

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
They also helped buoy Chavez's political fortunes, winning him momentum before a crucial recall vote.
Venezuela Unveils Orwellian Ministry of Supreme Social Happiness|Mac Margolis|October 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And he will buoy hopes among Democrats that Virginia is reliably purple, if not blue, in the 2016 presidential election.
How Virginia Democrats Are Winning on Gun Safety|Eleanor Clift|October 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST

If you could launch these things from, say, a floating buoy, you could solve a lot of problems at once.
Google Buys Flying-Wind-Turbine Company Makani Power|Josh Dzieza|May 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The Nora lies becalmed not far from the Goodwin buoy, with her sails hanging idly on the yards.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
The buoy having been secured, an iron hook and chain of great strength were then attached to the ring in its head.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
“You see we require stronger tackle,” said the captain to Stanley, while the buoy was being slowly raised.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
He therefore gave the order to have the fresh buoy, with its chain and sinker, ready to let go.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne
He had caught the life-buoy, and having managed to get it under his arms had floated about for the greater part of an hour.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands|R.M. Ballantyne