'Docking' definitions:
Definition of 'docking'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Docking'
From: GCIDE
- Dock \Dock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Docked; p. pr. & vb. n. Docking.] [See Dock a tail. Cf. W. tociaw, and twciaw, to dock, clip.]
- 1. to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse. [1913 Webster]
- His top was docked like a priest biforn. -- Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'docking'
From: GCIDE
- docking \docking\ n.
- 1. (Naut.) a act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes or anchors.
- Syn: mooring, tying up, dropping anchor. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. (Astronautics) the coming together and joining of two space vehicles. The joining usually is accomplished by bringing special connecting devices, the docking ports, into contact, and fastening the ships together by clamping devices. The docking ports are often fitted so as to allow a passage to be opened between the two space vehciles, and thus to permit transfer of materials or personnel between them. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'docking'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apogee,
- attitude-control rocket,
- ballistic capsule,
- burn,
- capsule,
- debarkation,
- deep-space ship,
- disembarkation,
- disembarkment,
- docking maneuver,
- dropping anchor,
- Earth insertion,
- ferry rocket,
- fuel ship,
- going ashore,
- injection,
- insertion,
- landfall,
- landing,
- LEM,
- LM,
- lunar excursion module,
- lunar module,
- manned rocket,
- module,
- moon ship,
- mooring,
- multistage rocket,
- orbit,
- parking orbit,
- perigee,
- reentry,
- rocket,
- shuttle rocket,
- soft landing,
- space capsule,
- space docking,
- space rocket,
- spacecraft,
- spaceship,
- tying up
Words containing 'Docking'
- Dock,
- Docked,
- Balance dock,
- Dock Junction,
- Dock warrant,
- Dry dock,
- Floating dock,
- Graving dock,
- Hydraulic dock,
- Naval dock,
- Prairie dock,
- Screw dock,
- Sectional dock,
- Slip dock,
- Sour dock,
- Velvet dock,
- Water dock,
- Wet dock,
- Yellow dock,
- bitter dock,
- dock worker,
- docking facility,
- docking fee,
- fiddle dock,
- loading dock,
- Dock Junction, GA,
- Dock-cress,
- Spatter-dock,
- dock-walloper,
- dry-dock,
- floating dry dock,
- broad-leaved dock