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noun(nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place
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Definition that contains mooring
- boom any of various more-or-less horizontal spars or poles used to extend the foot of a sail or for handling cargo or in mooring
- moorage a fee for mooring
- bollard a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
- bitt a strong post (as on a wharf or quay or ship for attaching mooring lines)
- ground cable a mooring cable; runs from a buoy to a mooring anchor
- mooring tower a tower for mooring airships
- mushroom anchor an anchor used for semipermanent moorings; has a bowl-shaped head that will dig in however it falls
- headfast a mooring line that secures the bow of a boat or ship to a wharf
- mooring anchor an anchor used to hold a mooring buoy or a channel marker in place
- bitt pin a pin through the bitthead to keep the mooring lines from slipping off