'Mooring block' definitions:
Definition of 'Mooring block'
From: GCIDE
- Mooring \Moor"ing\, n.
- 1. The act of confining a ship to a particular place, by means of anchors or fastenings. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which serves to confine a ship to a place, as anchors, cables, bridles, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. pl. The place or condition of a ship thus confined. [1913 Webster]
- And the tossed bark in moorings swings. --Moore. [1913 Webster]
- Mooring block (Naut.), a heavy block of cast iron sometimes used as an anchor for mooring vessels. [1913 Webster]