mooring mast

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noun

the mast or tower to which a dirigible is moored.

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Also called mooring tower.

Origin of mooring mast

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby mooring mast

moor grass, Moorhead, moorhen, mooring, mooring buoy, mooring mast, mooring rack, moorings, mooring screw, Moorish, Moorish idol

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How to use mooring mast in a sentence

Bound together by mutual distrust, both sides end up lashing themselves to the mast of rigid law.
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The failure to fly a flag at half mast was widely interpreted as an expression of disrespect.
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Outside, somebody had taken care to lower the flags to half-mast.
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That is, neither country can afford to anchor its strategy to ideology, long after any mooring in reality has vanished.
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Users include the Singapore navy: What small-warship commander would turn down a 1,000-foot mast?
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"This organized conspiracy on your part," the capstan gurgled, taking his cue from the mast.
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Here and there, but far away, a mast or sail rose above the level surface of the marsh.
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I also put entirely new spars into her, and there stands her old mast.
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The man was raving mad, and the captain was obliged to have him bound hand and foot, and chained to the mast.
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While it lasted flashes of lightning frequently played around the mast-top, occasioned by electricity.
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British Dictionary definitions for mooring mast

mooring mast

noun

a mast or tower to which a balloon or airship may be mooredAlso called: mooring tower

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