Thesaurus / moorings
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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to moorings, such as: berth, boatyard, harbor, landing, pier, and port.
How to use moorings in a sentence
The wind whistled terribly through the rigging of the great ships, and the moorings and fenders creaked and grated.
SKIPPER WORSEALEXANDER LANGE KIELLANDIn this manner he made a kind of triangular, triple anchorage, much stronger than the moorings with two anchors.
TOILERS OF THE SEAVICTOR HUGOAs soon as she had picked up moorings Nat landed at the dockyard, and, proceeding to the admiral's, reported himself there.
A ROVING COMMISSIONG. A. HENTYIf drink must be your moorings, don't pick 'em up too rash. '
THE ADVENTURES OF HARRY REVELSIR ARTHUR THOMAS QUILLER-COUCHThe galleys soon began to be forced away from their moorings.
XERXESJACOB ABBOTTNo flood of emotion, no pressure of trial, no necessity of conflict, ever drove him from his moorings here.
EXPOSITOR'S BIBLE: THE SECOND EPISTLE TO THE CORINTHIANSJAMES DENNEYNor was their hilarity less, after they had parted from moorings, and were once more in mid-stream, moving onwards.
THE VEE-BOERSMAYNE REIDBy earliest dawn of the next day the raft was cast loose from moorings, and rowed out into the river clear of the islet.
THE VEE-BOERSMAYNE REIDOff Calcutta ships were driven from their moorings and wrecked; in some instances in tiers.
RECOLLECTIONS OF THIRTY-NINE YEARS IN THE ARMYCHARLES ALEXANDER GORDONAs Captain Carboneer blew his whistle, a mile below the moorings of the Bellevite, an occasional response came from the shore.
WITHIN THE ENEMY'S LINESOLIVER OPTICWORDS RELATED TO MOORINGS
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