mooring block

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mooring block - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mooring \Moor"ing\, n.
     1. The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by
        means of anchors or fastenings.
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     2. That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as
        anchors, cables, bridles, etc.
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     3. pl. The place or condition of a ship thus confined.
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              And the tossed bark in moorings swings. --Moore.
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     Mooring block (Naut.), a heavy block of cast iron sometimes
        used as an anchor for mooring vessels.
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