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moor⋅ing

  [moor-ing]
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–noun
1. the act of a person or thing that moors.
2. Usually, moorings. the means by which a ship, boat, or aircraft is moored.
3. moorings, a place where a ship, boat, or aircraft may be moored.
4. Usually, moorings. one's stability or security: After the death of his wife he lost his moorings.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME; cf. MD moor; see moor 2 , -ing 1
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moor

2  [moor]
–verb (used with object)
1. to secure (a ship, boat, dirigible, etc.) in a particular place, as by cables and anchors or by lines.
2. to fix firmly; secure.
–verb (used without object)
3. to moor a ship, small boat, etc.
4. to be made secure by cables or the like.
–noun
5. the act of mooring.
Origin:
1485–95; earlier more, akin to OE mǣrels- in mǣrelsrāp rope for mooring a ship; see marline
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moor 1   (mŏŏr)   
v.   moored, moor·ing, moors

v.   tr.
  1. To make fast (a vessel, for example) by means of cables, anchors, or lines: moor a ship to a dock; a dirigible moored to a tower.
  2. To fix in place; secure. See Synonyms at fasten.
v.   intr.
  1. To secure a vessel or an aircraft with lines or anchors.
  2. To be secured with lines or anchors: The freighter moored alongside the wharf.

[Middle English moren.]
moor·ing   (mŏŏr'ĭng)   
n.  
  1. The act or an instance of making fast an aircraft or a vessel, as by a cable or anchor.
  2. A place or structure to which a vessel or aircraft can be moored.
  3. Equipment, such as anchors or chains, for holding fast a vessel or an aircraft.
  4. Elements providing stability or security. Often used in the plural: lost their emotional moorings during the war.
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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.
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Language Translation for : mooring
Spanish: amarras,
German: die Vertäung,
Japanese: 係船 (設備)
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