Main Entry:

moor·ing

Pronunciation:

\-iŋ\

Function:

noun

Date:

15th century

1: an act of making fast a boat or aircraft with lines or anchors2 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 place3: an established practice or stabilizing influence : anchorage 2 —usually used in plural