mooring buoy

noun

, Nautical.

1. a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.

Word History and Origins

Origin of mooring buoy¹

First recorded in 1800–10

Example Sentences

Indeed, the Lapwing dared not approach nearer than the Trinity mooring buoy.

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Five months later the Almena lay at an outer mooring-buoy in Callao Roads, again ready for sea, but waiting.

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The mere fact that I had left my tender tied to the mooring buoy might not be understood.

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A mooring buoy floated in the channel; and across the channel lay a waste of sand, dotted with shallow pools.

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The white mooring-buoy swam past and the little vessel heeled as Bascom swung her sharply to the southwards.

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