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Meanings of moorage in English

Portuguese
atracadouro

A place where a craft can be made fast.

        atracadouro
        Catalan
        amarratge

        The act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes.

              amarratge
              Usage of moorage in English
              1
              Anton's heading for the moorage space on the far side.
              Woken furies
              2
              That'd be the only way to keep your private moorage private when the Raft was hovering offshore.
              Snow Crash
              3
              We need safe moorage for a refit.'
              Assail
              4
              Like matt, low-profile pirate skimmers amidst the bright and bloated tourist boats that habitually used the moorage.
              Woken furies
              5
              Late that night we reached our old moorage at Konewitz, and on Saturday, at the appointed hour, landed in St. Petersburg.
              The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 79, May, 1864 / A Magazine ...
              6
              He found excellent moorage in five fathoms' depth of water, with a solid bottom of hard granite, which afforded a firm hold.
              In Search of the Castaways; Or, The Children of Captain Grant
              7
              The moorages opposite the gaps in the seawall are given to locals.
              The black prism
              8
              They turned presently into comparative quiet, for old Jolyon's way to a second Board led him in the direction of Moorage Street.
              The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. / The Man Of Property
              Translations for moorage
              Moorage through the time