mooring

mooring englannista suomeksi

1. kiinnitysköysi

2. kiinnityspaikka

0. Verbi

0. Substantiivi

1. kiinnityspaikka

2. kiinnittäminen, kiinnitys

mooring englanniksi

1. (infl of)

2. A place to moor a vessel.

3. (RQ:Dunsany Time)

4. The act of securing a vessel with a cable or anchor etc.

5. Something to which one adheres, or the means that helps one to maintain a stable position and keep one's identity - moral, intellectual, political, etc.

6. 1890, John George Nicolay and John Hay, Lincoln: A History|Abraham Lincoln: A History

The party of pro-slavery reaction was for the moment in the ascendant; and as by an irresistible impulse, the Supreme Court of the United States was swept from its hitherto impartial judicial moorings into the dangerous seas of polities.

7. 1898, Earle Coates|Coates, Florence Earle, song: "(1898)/Song : "Friendship from its Moorings Strays"|Friendship from its Moorings Strays"

Friendship from its moorings strays,

Love binds fast together;

Friendship is for balmy days,

Love for stormy weather.