mooring line

noun

A line or cable used to secure marine vessels to docks or buoys during the mooring process.

“Near-synonym: hawser”

Similar
hawsermooring
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Meanings

nounmooring line (countable and uncountable, plural mooring lines)

plural mooring lines

  1. countableuncountablenauticalA line or cable used to secure marine vessels to docks or buoys during the mooring process.

    Near-synonym: hawser

    Synonyms: hawser

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA line or cable used to secure marine vessels to docks or buoys during the mooring process.

Similar
hawser

More synonyms by meaning

noun(nautical) a line that holds an object (especially a boat) in place

Similar
mooring
Broader
line
Also see
hawsermooring

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From mooring + line

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APA

mooring line. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mooring%20line

MLA

“mooring line.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mooring%20line. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mooring line,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mooring%20line.

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