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.
·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
The Jews were commanded to write the divine name on the posts (mezuzoth') of their doors (Deut. 6:9)...
Easton's Bible Dictionary
On the east side of Bell Alley or Back Alley, London Wall Street over against Swan Alley. In Broad S...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
The fasts attached to moorings, one taken into each hawse-hole, or bridle-port. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Large pieces of hard wood with a hole in the centre, shod with iron collars, and fastened between tw...
Strong upright posts fixed into the ground, for securing vessels to the landing-place by hawsers or ...
Iron swivel rings fixed on piers or buoys, &c., for securing vessels to. ...