mooring
See also: Mooring
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔːɹɪŋ
Noun
mooring (plural moorings)
- A place to moor a vessel.
- The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.
- (figuratively) Something to which one adheres, or the means that helps one to 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.
- 1890, John George Nicolay and John Hay, Abraham Lincoln: A History
Derived terms
Translations
place to moor a vessel
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act of securing a vessel
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