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Synonyms for mooring


Grammar : Noun
Spell : moo r-ing
Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʊər ɪŋ



Définition of mooring

Origin :
  • "place where a vessel can be moored," early 15c., "process of making a ship secure," verbal noun from moor (v.).
  • noun landing
Example sentences :
  • Donald cast the net line loose from its mooring, and saw that it was all clear.
  • Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan
  • The boat reached her mooring in good season, notwithstanding the detention.
  • Extract from : « Little By Little » by William Taylor Adams
  • We climbed the dark and empty stairs, upward into the mooring mast.
  • Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
  • He saw that one boat was gone from its mooring before he reached the bank!
  • Extract from : « The Man from the Bitter Roots » by Caroline Lockhart
  • A square port in the bows of a ship, for taking in mooring bridles.
  • Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
  • The work of mooring the ship was not a long one when once we had come to a stand.
  • Extract from : « The Iron Pirate » by Max Pemberton
  • Having secured the Sea Foam at her mooring, Donald hastened home.
  • Extract from : « The Yacht Club » by Oliver Optic
  • The Rathliner sat on a mooring bitt on the quay and filled his pipe.
  • Extract from : « The Wind Bloweth » by Brian Oswald Donn-Byrne
  • Without his permission not one of them could tie up to a mooring in the harbor.
  • Extract from : « The U-boat hunters » by James B. Connolly
  • The last hairpin left its mooring and slipped down to earth.
  • Extract from : « The Man of the Desert » by Grace Livingston Hill

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