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the quiet promise that you'll still be here when the tide tries to leave
means A mooring is the place or set of ropes, chains, and anchors that holds a boat fixed in one spot against wind and current.
from From the verb 'moor,' to secure a vessel, which comes through Middle English from a Germanic root — related to Middle Dutch 'maren,' to tie or fasten. It has nothing to do with the 'moor' that means open heathland, nor the 'Moor' of North Africa; those are separate words that merely washed up with the same spelling. This 'moor' is purely about the act of tying down so the water can't carry you off.
- word root
- from Dutch maren, meaning to tie or fasten
- dead weight
- some moorings use sunken engine blocks as anchors
- figurative use
- losing your moorings means losing emotional stability
- swing room
- moored boats pivot with wind and tide like clock hands
- mushroom anchor
- a real mooring type, named for its domed shape
venetian mooring poles — striped wooden poles throughout venice's canals marking boat anchorage points for centuries
moorings at key west — 50+ numbered mooring buoys in key west harbor managed by noaa for boat tying instead of anchor drop
thames tideway moorings — historic mooring posts along london's thames river where houseboats and narrowboats permanently tie up