mooring
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5.8
- noun
- /ˈmʊrɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
amarre
- There's a mooring cleat down there.
So we get to Saint Augustine and my dad comes 'cause our boat's out on mooring.
- So we get to Saint Augustine and my dad comes 'cause our boat's out on mooring.
- So we get to Saint Augustine and my dad comes because our boat's out on mooring.
Examples
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From here, I could see the mooring place on the fjord and two red-sailed knarrs lying in.
Fiction book (1993) -
Then Hilary sailed to his mooring and picked it up in the softening light.
Fiction book (1990) -
I'll ride down to the mooring, prepare the boat.
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- All moorings are clear, Captain.
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Check the moorings in South Harbor.
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The steamer would spend the winter in its moorings in Viipuri.
Fiction book (1992) -
Rough seas pulled several floating platforms and, more frequently, mobile drilling units away from their moorings.
Academic text (2007) -
I'm setting sail for France on the 15th, from my moorings in Paddington to make the tide.
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Hurricane Katrina ripped the mobile drilling unit Ocean Warwick from its moorings and drove it ashore 66 miles from its original location.
Academic text (2007) -
Henrik Brandt tied his sailboat to the mooring ring in the canal.
Synonyms
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5.8
A space at a dock where a boat can tie up
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5.8
A place at a dock or harbour where a ship can tie up
A place where a boat is tied to the shore or a buoy
A place in a harbor or at sea where ships can anchor safely
Compounds
- Specialized
A heavy object that holds a buoy or marker on the bottom of the water
- Archaic
A tall structure that holds an airship on the ground when it is not flying
How Permanent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mooring comes from the old verb moor, which means 'to fasten' a boat in one place. So a mooring is the place or structure where a boat is kept safe and held still.