mooring

mooring

See also: Mooring

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ

Verb

mooring

1. present participle of moor

Noun

mooring (plural moorings)

1. A place to moor a vessel.
2. The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
3. (figuratively) Something to which one adheres, or the means that helps one to maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.
   • 1890, John George Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History

     The party of pro-slavery reaction was for the moment in the ascendant; and as by an irresistible impulse, the Supreme Court of the United States was swept from its hitherto impartial judicial moorings into the dangerous seas of polities.

   • 1898, Coates, Florence Earle, song: "Friendship from its Moorings Strays"

     Friendship from its moorings strays,

     Love binds fast together;

     Friendship is for balmy days,

     Love for stormy weather.

Derived terms

• mooring buoy

Related terms

• dock
• wharf

Translations

place to moor a vessel

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: fortøjning c Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: kiinnityspaikka Italian: ormeggio (it) m, attracco (it) m

Maori: taunga, tauranga, herenga waka Norwegian: Bokmål: fortøyning m or f Russian: прича́л (ru) m (pričál) Scottish Gaelic: acarsaid f

act of securing a vessel

Danish: fortøjning c Finnish: kiinnittäminen (fi), kiinnitys (fi) French: amarrage (fr) m German: Vertäuung f Italian: ormeggio (it) m, attracco (it) m Maori: herenga waka

Norwegian: Bokmål: fortøyning m or f Russian: зачаливание (ru) n (začalivanije) Spanish: amarre (es) m Swedish: förtöjning c

Anagrams

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