mooring

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ

Verb

mooring

1. Present participle of moor.

Noun

mooring (plural moorings)

1. A place to moor a vessel
2. The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
3. (figuratively) Something to which one adheres to, or the means that help one maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.
   • 1890, John George Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History

     The party of pro-slavery reaction was for the moment in the ascendant; and as by an irresistible impulse, the Supreme Court of the United States was swept from its hitherto impartial judicial moorings into the dangerous seas of polities.

   • 1898, Coates, Florence Earle, song: "Friendship from its Moorings Strays"

     Friendship from its moorings strays,

     Love binds fast together;

     Friendship is for balmy days,

     Love for stormy weather.

Related terms

• dock
• wharf

Translations

place to moor a vessel

• Finnish: kiinnityspaikka (fi)
• Maori: taunga (mi), tauranga (mi)
• Russian: причал (ru) (pričál) m 

• Scottish Gaelic: acarsaid (gd) f

act of securing a vessel

• Finnish: kiinnittäminen (fi), kiinnitys (fi)
• French: amarrage (fr) m
• German: Vertäuung (de) f

• Spanish: amarre (es) m
• Swedish: förtöjning (sv) c

Anagrams

• rooming