Synonyms for mooring
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : moo r-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʊər ɪŋ |
Définition of mooring
Origin :- "place where a vessel can be moored," early 15c., "process of making a ship secure," verbal noun from moor (v.).
- noun landing
- Donald cast the net line loose from its mooring, and saw that it was all clear.
- Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan
- The boat reached her mooring in good season, notwithstanding the detention.
- Extract from : « Little By Little » by William Taylor Adams
- We climbed the dark and empty stairs, upward into the mooring mast.
- Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
- He saw that one boat was gone from its mooring before he reached the bank!
- Extract from : « The Man from the Bitter Roots » by Caroline Lockhart
- A square port in the bows of a ship, for taking in mooring bridles.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- The work of mooring the ship was not a long one when once we had come to a stand.
- Extract from : « The Iron Pirate » by Max Pemberton
- Having secured the Sea Foam at her mooring, Donald hastened home.
- Extract from : « The Yacht Club » by Oliver Optic
- The Rathliner sat on a mooring bitt on the quay and filled his pipe.
- Extract from : « The Wind Bloweth » by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
- Without his permission not one of them could tie up to a mooring in the harbor.
- Extract from : « The U-boat hunters » by James B. Connolly
- The last hairpin left its mooring and slipped down to earth.
- Extract from : « The Man of the Desert » by Grace Livingston Hill
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