mooring mast
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of mooring mast
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Critics who liked the monumental grandeur of the shaft called the mooring mast “a silly gesture” and “a public comfort station for migratory birds.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 19, 2019
But hydrogen is highly explosive, and in 1937 the German airship the Hindenburg exploded on its attempt to dock with its mooring mast after a transatlantic journey, killing 36 people.
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2019
Eighty years ago this week, the airship Hindenburg erupted into flames while nearing the mooring mast at New Jersey’s Lakehurst Naval Air Station.
From Slate ● May 5, 2017
One lighter-than-air model in development by LTA Aérostructures of Montreal would lower up to 70 tonnes of cargo to the ground, requiring only a mooring mast.
From Economist ● Jun. 9, 2016
Lyra realized what the stout mast was for of course, it was a mooring mast.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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