mooring buoy

noun

Nautical.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of mooring buoy¹

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.

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

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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.

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"OMG! It's a steel mooring buoy people. I'm embarrassed to be Japanese," said another.

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

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