Mooring

·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.

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

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