[*** \mathrm{moor}^1] |mo͝or|

noun chiefly British

a tract of open uncultivated upland; a heath.

〖通例～s〗 (ヒースの茂る)荒れ地, やせ地〘特にEngland北部やScotland高地のやせた土壌の地〙

a tract of open land preserved for shooting:

e.g. a grouse moor.

US or dialect a fen.

｟米｠ 湿原地

Old English mōr, of Germanic origin.

[*** \mathrm{moor}^2] |mo͝or|

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verb with object

make fast (a boat) by attaching it by cable or rope to the shore or to an anchor:

【陸などに】〈船など〉をつなぐ, 停泊させる «to» , …のいかりを下ろす(tie up)

e.g. twenty or so fishing boats were moored to the pier.

no object (of a boat) be made fast by mooring:

〈船が〉 «…に» 停泊する «to» , いかりを下ろす.

e.g. we moored alongside a jetty.

moorage |ˈmo͝orəj| noun

late Middle English: probably from the Germanic base of Dutch meren.