MOORING


Meaning of MOORING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -iŋ ]

noun

Date: 15th century

1. : an act of making fast a boat or aircraft with lines or anchors

2.

a. : a place where or an object to which something (as a craft) can be moored

b. : a device (as a line or chain) by which an object is secured in place

3. : an established practice or stabilizing influence : anchorage 2 — usually used in plural

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.