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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. The act or an instance of mooring.
  2. n. A place where a ship or an aircraft may be moored.
  3. n. A charge for mooring.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A place for mooring.

Wiktionary

  1. n. The act of mooring.
  2. n. A place where a ship or an aircraft may be moored.
  3. n. The fee for mooring.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A place for mooring.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a fee for mooring
  2. n. the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes
  3. n. a place where a craft can be made fast

Examples

  • “The resort also features an exquisite waterside restaurant with 279 feet of short-term moorage dedicated to it, fitness centre, and large, beautifully appointed two-bedroom / two-bathroom villas that are available for ownership or for vacation stays.”

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  • “There was some talk of keeping it in the harbor and converting it for use as offices or as a tourist attraction, but that would require long-term moorage, Wallace explained.”

    The Seattle Times

  • “The 164 feet of lake frontage includes several pockets of graveled beach and a dock leading to a boathouse and yacht moorage.”

    The Wall Street Journal: Giving Up on the Dream

  • “Erik Johnson for The Wall Street It also has 164 feet of lake frontage, including several pockets of graveled beach and a dock leading to a boathouse and yacht moorage.”

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  • “I opened the gate for Gene Wilder at a yacht moorage near Seattle, and Chuck Norris stopped his Jeep in Alberton, MT when I was walking The Gypsy in a snowstorm.”

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  • “I know lots of boaters in my home state of Washington, and they all will tell you that the costs of ownership, i.e., fuel, moorage, maintenance, insurance & all the rest, costs them about 10% per year of the original cost of the boat, and that's if you do whatever maintenance you can yourself.”

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  • “The bay around which the city curves offered poor moorage.”

    The Huffington Post: Valerie Tarico: Capetown: God Is Water

  • “There are three huge modern marinas with moorage for 1,200 large yachts in the Puerto Vallarta area and there are a number of small marinas scattered around Lake Tahoe for docking smaller boats used on the lake.”

    Puerto Vallarta & Lake Tahoe--The Best of Both Worlds

  • “These marinas will increase the moorage capacity from 400 to well over 1,200 private yachts, thereby tripling the total volume of tourists privately cruising to Vallarta.”

    What Happens When Tourists Cruise to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico?

  • “I quickly left my post and gathered up my young assistant, hurrying him along lest the boat leave its moorage before we could speak with the captain.”

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