mooring buoy

American  

noun

Nautical.

1. a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.

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Etymology

Origin of mooring buoy

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

I think back to Åkernes as a child, rowing his boat to school in the fjord, barely escaping a different boulder rumbling down the mountain onto his mooring buoy.

From National Geographic

The sanctuary plans to reveal the location in coming months and is considering placing a mooring buoy at the site.

From Seattle Times

Interest in the object - dubbed "Godzilla egg", "mooring buoy" and "from outer space" - started earlier this week after a local alerted police upon noticing the unusual object on the shore.

From BBC

The find in coastal city Hamamatsu has been variously dubbed "Godzilla egg", "mooring buoy" and "from outer space" by fascinated locals.

From BBC

The new designation also prohibits grappling hooks and anchors to sites where a mooring buoy is present, and it enables the installation of specialized moorings that would allow vessels to anchor at wreck sites with minimal disturbance to wrecks or the lake bed.

From Scientific American