Lash to moorings
Make fast is a nautical term meaning to secure something firmly, especially by tying a rope to a fixed point: Make fast the bowline.
A boat made fast to a dock is tied up and won't drift.
The phrase preserves an older sense of fast meaning fixed or immovable, as in hold fast or stuck fast.
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Lash to moorings
Make fast is a nautical term meaning to secure something firmly, especially by tying a rope to a fixed point: Make fast the bowline.
A boat made fast to a dock is tied up and won't drift.
The phrase preserves an older sense of fast meaning fixed or immovable, as in hold fast or stuck fast.
1. secure — tighten, Make more secure; clamp (Device for holding tight); cinch (Guaranteed easy thing); lash (Strike or bind); strap · bolt · tie down · brace · grip · lock · seal · bind · hitch · crimp
2. moor — dock, Mooring structure at water's edge; berth (Sleeping space on transport); anchor (Secures ships to seabed); tie up (Bind or occupy completely); harbor · wharf · pier · jetty · quay · marina · mooring · cleat · bollard · hawser
NAUTICAL/MOORING SECURITYmake fast ≠ cast off Release or discard; let go · unmoor · slip · release · untie
GENERAL ATTACHMENT/SECURINGmake fast ≠ release To let go; untie · unfasten · loosen · detach · unbind
nautical terms: ahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
make, fast, made, maker, making, fasten, remake, makes, fastened
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/make_fast