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Mooring line   /mˈʊrɪŋ laɪn/   Listen
Mooring line

noun
1.
(nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place.  Synonym: mooring.






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"Mooring line" Quotes from Famous Books



... Cries and yells of warning and anger were flying over the quiet water, and somewhere a conch shell was being blown with great success. To the right of us I saw the captain of a junk chop away his mooring line with an axe and spring to help his crew at the hoisting of the huge, outlandish lug-sail. But to the left the first heads were popping up from below on another junk, and I rounded up the Reindeer alongside long enough ...
— Tales of the Fish Patrol • Jack London



Words linked to "Mooring line" :   line, mooring, headfast, boat



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