1. The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings.
2. That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc.
3. pl.
Defn: The place or condition of a ship thus confined.
And the tossed bark in moorings swings. Moore.
Mooring block (Naut.), a heavy block of cast iron sometimes used as
an anchor for mooring vessels.
MOORISH
Moor"ish, a. Etym: [From 2d Moor.]
Defn: Having the characteristics of a moor or heath. "Moorish fens."
Thomson.
MOORISH
Moor"ish, a. Etym: [See 1st Moor, and cf. Morris, Moresque.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Morocco or the Moors; in the style of the Moors. Moorish architecture, the style developed by the Moors in the later Middle Ages, esp. in Spain, in which the arch had the form of a horseshoe, and the ornamentation admitted no representation of animal life. It has many points of resemblance to the Arabian and Persian styles, but should be distinguished from them. See Illust. under Moresque.
MOORLAND
Moor"land, n. Etym: [AS. morland.]
Defn: Land consisting of a moor or moors.