mooring palls

The Sailor's Word-Book

Strong upright posts fixed into the ground, for securing vessels to the landing-place by hawsers or chains. Also, strong pieces of oak inserted into the deck of a large ship for fastening the moorings to when alongside a quay.

Related Words

  • Mooring

    ·noun The place or condition of a ship thus confined. II. Mooring ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Moor>>. III...

    Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

  • mooring-bridle

    The fasts attached to moorings, one taken into each hawse-hole, or bridle-port. ...

    The Sailor's Word-Book

  • mooring-chocks

    Large pieces of hard wood with a hole in the centre, shod with iron collars, and fastened between tw...

    The Sailor's Word-Book

  • mooring posts or palls

    Strong upright posts fixed into the ground, for securing vessels to the landing-place by hawsers or ...

    The Sailor's Word-Book

  • mooring-rings

    Iron swivel rings fixed on piers or buoys, &c., for securing vessels to. ...

    The Sailor's Word-Book