moor
$ \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
ORIGIN
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.
DERIVATIVES
moorage |ˈmo͝orəj| noun
ORIGIN
late Middle English: probably from the Germanic base of Dutch meren.