mooring

IPA: mˈʊrɪŋ

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.
A mainland dialect of the North Frisian language
A surname.

Examples of "mooring" in Sentences

A mooring is a buoy connected to an extremely heavy anchor or weight such as an engine block.
This chain, called a mooring, looks a bit like a Christmas garland with its giant-sized orange and yellow buoys.
Kalakala from its current berth in Tacoma with the idea of mooring it on PA's waterfront and renovating it as a multi-purpose entertainment center.
WARNER: Well, I simply said, very carefully, that this ship was part of what you call the mooring team that come and are supplied by the harbors throughout the world.
FRASER: The mooring is a standard procedure, particularly in Middle East ports where a mooring boat will come alongside, take your mooring line and then ran it over to the pier.
No difficulty whatever was experienced in mooring the buoys in the deepest water, two having been left behind moored with pieces of cable that had been picked up from a depth of two miles.