Mooring

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The place or condition of a ship thus confined.

II. Mooring ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Moor.

III. Mooring ·noun That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, ·etc.

IV. Mooring ·noun The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings.