moor up
English
Verb
moor up (third-person singular simple present moors up, present participle mooring up, simple past and past participle moored up)
- (intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.
- We have to moor up for the night.
- (transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like
- All the fleet was moored up in harbour.