moor up

English

Verb

moor up (third-person singular simple present moors up, present participle mooring up, simple past and past participle moored up)

1. (intransitive, nautical) To cast anchor or become fastened.

   We have to moor up for the night.

2. (transitive, nautical) To fix or secure (e.g. a vessel) in a particular place by casting anchor, or by fastening with ropes, cables or chains or the like

   All the fleet was moored up in harbour.