mooring
[ moo r-ing ]
/ ˈmʊər ɪŋ /
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noun
the act of a person or thing that moors. Usually moorings. the means by which a ship, boat, or aircraft is moored. moorings, a place where a ship, boat, or aircraft may be moored. Usually moorings. one's stability or security: After the death of his wife he lost his moorings.
Nearby words
moore's law,
moore, henry,
moorfowl,
moorhead,
moorhen,
mooring,
mooring buoy,
mooring mast,
mooring rack,
mooring screw,
moorings Origin of mooring
1375–1425; late Middle English; compare
Middle Dutch moor; see
moor2,
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Examples from the Web for moorings
If, however, our religion implicates itself in a political cause, it links its credibility to the most transient of moorings.
No surprise, then, that having slipped the moorings of a common reality it slipped the moorings of a common decency as well.
Sometimes it seemed as if she were tugging at her moorings, longing to be off on the long, long cruise.
Slowly the gallant ship come round the breakwater to her moorings.
The gale having blown offshore, the boat had dragged her moorings, and was so far out that Ready could not get at her.
So he went to his ship, and made haste to free her from her moorings.
In the sunlit calms, riding at our moorings, much we discussed eternity and creation.
British Dictionary definitions for moorings (1 of 2)
pl n
nautical the ropes, anchors, etc, used in mooring a vessel
(sometimes singular) something that provides security or stability
British Dictionary definitions for moorings (2 of 2)
noun
a place for mooring a vessel
a permanent anchor, dropped in the water and equipped with a floating buoy, to which vessels can moor
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