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Mooring block

Mooring \Moor"ing\, n.

  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. 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.

Usage examples of "mooring block".

Kinsman nodded slowly, and it made his head feel like a cement mooring block.