mooring

• Nom désignant un lieu ou une installation où l'on peut amarrer un bateau ou un navire, ainsi que les cordages et équipements utilisés pour maintenir le navire en place.

A noun referring to a place or structure where a boat or ship can be secured, or the lines and equipment used to fasten a vessel in place.

1. Place for securing a vesselB2formal

   A location where a boat or ship can be anchored or tied up.

   Poste d'amarrage

   • The captain guided the boat into the mooring.
   • We found a safe mooring in the harbor.
   • The yacht was secured at its mooring for the night.

   Synonymesanchorageberthdockmooragequaysliptie-upwharf

2. Rope or line for securingB2formal

   A line, cable, or chain used to hold a boat or other object in place.

   Amarre

   • He checked the mooring lines before the storm.
   • The mooring snapped under the strain of the waves.
   • They used heavy ropes as moorings for the dock.

   Synonymescablechainhawserlinemooring linepaintertetherwarp

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action d'immobiliser un navire ou un objet en place, généralement au moyen de cordages ou d'ancres.

A verb used to indicate the act of securing a vessel or object in place, typically with ropes or anchors.

1. Secure a vesselB1formal

   To attach a boat, ship, or other vessel to a fixed object such as a dock, buoy, or anchor to prevent it from drifting.

   Amarer un navire

   • The captain moored the ship to the dock with heavy ropes.
   • We moored the sailboat to a buoy in the harbor.
   • They moored the ferry at the terminal for the night.

   Synonymesanchorberthdockfastenhitchsecuretie up

   Antonymescast offuntie

2. Dock at a wharfB1formal

   To bring a vessel into a dock or wharf and secure it there.

   Amarrer à quai

   • The fishing boat moored at the wharf to unload its catch.
   • The cruise ship moored at the pier for the day.
   • They moored the yacht at the marina.

   Synonymesberthdocksecuretie up

   Antonymescast offdepartleave

3. Secure with cables or ropesB1formal

   To fasten something, especially a vessel, using cables, ropes, or chains to keep it in place.

   Amarre

   • The crew moored the barge with steel cables.
   • He moored the canoe to a tree on the riverbank.
   • The sailors moored the ship securely before the storm.

   Synonymesanchorberthdockfastensecuretethertie up

   Antonymesdetachfreeloosereleaseunbindunfastenuntie