Definition of Mooring. Meaning of Mooring. Synonyms of Mooring

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Definition of Mooring

Mooring
Mooring Moor"ing, n. 1. The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings. 2. That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc. 3. pl. The place or condition of a ship thus confined. And the tossed bark in moorings swings. --Moore. Mooring block (Naut.), a heavy block of cast iron sometimes used as an anchor for mooring vessels.
Mooring
Moor Moor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moored; p. pr. & vb. n. Mooring.] [Prob. fr. D. marren to tie, fasten, or moor a ship. See Mar.] 1. (Naut.) To fix or secure, as a vessel, in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with cables or chains; as, the vessel was moored in the stream; they moored the boat to the wharf. 2. Fig.: To secure, or fix firmly. --Brougham.

Meaning of Mooring from wikipedia

- s****. As a verb, mooring refers to the act of attaching a vessel to a mooring. The term likely stems from the Dutch verb meren (to moor), used in English...
- The term Moor is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim po****tions of the Maghreb, al-Andalus (Iberian Peninsula), Sicily...
- Bishopsgate, London Old cannon used as a mooring bollard, near the entrance of the Grand Harbour, Malta Mooring bollard, Lyme Regis Late 19th or early 20th-century...
- Opeth from the album Still Life Mooring (watercraft), any permanent structure to which a vessel may be secured Moors murders, murders of five children...
- A mooring mast, or mooring tower, is a structure designed to allow for the docking of an airship outside of an airship hangar or similar structure. More...
- Look up mooring or Mooring in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A mooring is any structure to which a vessel may be secured by means of cables, anchors...
- Sir Arthur George Rixson Mooring KCMG (23 November 1908 – 13 January 1969) was a British colonial civil servant and British Resident to Zanzibar from...
- Mooring is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: George Mooring (1908–1969), British civil servant Jim Mooring (1917–2007), Australian rules...
- The Mooring may refer to: The Mooring (2012 film), an American thriller film directed by Glenn Withrow. The Mooring (2021 film), a Mexican horror film...
- A Single buoy mooring (SrM) (also known as single-point mooring or SPM) is a loading buoy anc****d offs****, that serves as a mooring point and interconnect...