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- Dictionarymooring/ˈmʊərɪŋ/
noun
- 1. a place where a boat or ship is moored: "they tied up at Water Gypsy's permanent moorings"
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A mooring is any permanent structure to which a seaborne vessel (such as a boat, ship, or amphibious aircraft) may be secured. Examples include quays, wharfs, jetties, piers, anchor buoys, and mooring buoys. A ship is secured to a mooring to forestall free movement of the ship on the water. An anchor mooring fixes a vessel's position relative to a point on the bottom of a waterway without connecti... Wikipedia