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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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Learn the meaning of mooring as an act, a place, or a device of securing a boat or aircraft. See examples, synonyms, word history, and related entries for mooring.
Mooring is a noun that means a place to tie a boat or the ropes or chains that keep a boat from moving. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and its translations in different languages.
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.
moorings, a place where a ship, boat, or aircraft may be moored. moor. Usually moorings. one's stability or security: After the death of his wife he lost his moorings.
noun. 1. the act of a person or thing that moors. 2. [often pl.] the lines, cables, etc. by which a ship, etc. is moored. 3. [pl.] a place where a ship, etc. is or can be moored. 4. [often pl.] beliefs, habits, ties, etc. that make one feel secure.
Mooring is the act or an instance of making fast an aircraft or a vessel, as by a cable or anchor. It can also refer to a place or structure, equipment, or beliefs that provide stability or security.
A mooring is kind of like a parking lot for boats — it's a place people can keep their dinghies, sailboats, or ships tied up.
