moor

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To fix a boat or ship in place with ropes, chains, or an anchor.

   They moored the boat to the wharf for the night.

2. 2
   noun

   A wide area of open, often hilly land with poor soil, heather, and few trees.

   A cold wind blew across the moor as the hikers pressed on.

From Middle English mor, from Old English mōr, from Proto-West Germanic *mōr, from Proto-Germanic *mōraz, from Proto-Indo-European *móri. Cognates include Welsh môr, Old Irish muir (from Proto-Celtic *mori); Scots muir, Dutch moer, Old Saxon mōr, Old Saxon mūr, German Moor and perhaps also Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐍂𐌴𐌹 (marei). See mere.

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