society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action of mooring > object to which ship is moored > on land or on a ship (2)
land-fast1703
(a) n. an attachment on the land for a vessel; (b) adj. firmly attached to the shore.
bollard1844
A wooden or iron post, on a ship, a whale-boat, or a quay, for securing ropes to. Also attributive, as in bollard-head, bollard-timber (see quot.).