Look up: mooring

1. Mooring
   [oceanography] A mooring in oceanography is a collection of devices, connected to a wire and temporarily anchored on the sea floor. The devices are current meters to measure the direction and speed of ocean currents, sediment traps to catch settling particles from the water column or experim...
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2. Mooring
   [North Frisian dialect] Mooring or Bökingharde Frisian (Böökinghiirder frasch) is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in Niebüll and the amt of Bökingharde in the German region of North Frisia. The name Mooring refers to the Risum Bog (Risem Moor or Risem Måår). The dialect...
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3. mooring
   [n] - a place where a craft can be made fast 2. [n] - a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place
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4. Mooring
   Permanent anchorage. It consists of a heavy weight (or an anchor), a chain of a certain length, and a buoy. Mooring is also often used for piers, instead of pilings.
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5. mooring
   securing a ship to a pier or wharf or to a mooring buoy. Anchoring with two anchors connected to a single chain by means of a mooring swivel. Category: Transport
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6. Mooring
   Moor'ing noun 1. The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings. 2. That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc. 3. plural The place or condition ...
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7. mooring
   mooring line noun (nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place
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8. mooring
   moorage noun a place where a craft can be made fast
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9. Mooring
   • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Moor • (n.) The place or condition of a ship thus confined. • (n.) The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings. • (n.) That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc.
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10. Mooring
    an anchor or weight, permanently attached to the sea floor, with a buoy going to the surface, used to hold the boat in a certain area
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11. Mooring
    [watercraft] As an ancient word, “mooring” (probably stemming from the Dutch verb meren, moor, used in English since the end of the 15th century) has accumulated a number of related uses. When used as noun, the word mooring refers to any permanent structure that fixes a vessel`s position...
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12. MOORING
    An arrangement for securing a boat to a mooring buoy or a pier
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13. mooring
    
    • a place where a craft can be made fast
    • a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place
    • secure in or as if in a berth or dock
    • come into or dock at a wharf
    • secure with cables or ropes
    
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14. Mooring
    An arrangement for securing a boat to a mooring buoy or a pier.
    Found on http://www.sailinglinks.com/glossary.htm
    
    
15. mooring
    A place where there are fixed object to which a boat can be moored.
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16. Mooring
    An arrangement for securing a boat to a mooring buoy or a pier.
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