Meaning

noun a fee for mooring

noun a place where a craft can be made fast

noun the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes

originEtymology tree English moor Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin -āticus Latin -āticum Old French -agebor. Middle English -age English -age English moorage From moor + -age.

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