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单词 unmooring
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unmooringn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈmʊərɪŋ/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈmɔːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɔrɪŋ/, /ˌənˈmʊrɪŋ/
Forms: see unmoor v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: unmoor v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < unmoor v. + -ing suffix1. Compare earlier mooring n.1
The action of unmoor v.
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society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action of mooring > freeing from mooring
unmooring1497
1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 252 The vnmoryng of the seid Ship in Portesmouth haven after her comyng owte of Scoteland.
1710 London Gaz. No. 4720/3 The Lancaster fired a Gun as a Signal for Unmooring.
1779 E. Neville Plymouth in Uproar ii. 19 All hands, my boys, get under way, Hark the signal for unmooring.
1837 J. Blunt Shipmaster's Assistant xxvii. 471 Harbour-masters..must also attend to the unmooring..of vessels driven from their stations.
1899 F. T. Bullen Way Navy 25 I had..been endeavouring to secure some snap-shots of the fo'castle during the evolution of unmooring.
1956 Pop. Mech. Apr. 121/1 The shield cuts a 77-mile-per-hour gale down to a speed of 17 miles per hour, facilitating unmooring.
1987 PS 16 686 The unmooring of presidential popularity from its traditional anchorages.
2008 K. Zieman Singing New Song i. 38 This unmooring was partly the result of changes in the social relations that liturgy shaped and mediated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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