mooring post
Boat tethering point
A mooring post is a sturdy vertical post, typically on a dock or pier, used to secure boats and ships by tying ropes around it.
Also called a bollard when referring to the heavy metal variety found at commercial ports: She looped the bowline around the mooring post.
- cleatShoe spike for grip
- dock lineRope fastening boat to wharf
- quayWaterfront loading platform
- dockMooring structure at water's edge
- boat slipDesignated mooring space
bollard · jetty · wharf · piling · deadman · pier · harbor master · rope · line · spring line · bow line · stanchion · anchorage · hawser · dolphin · snubber · chock · secure
- ferry terminalferry slip, boarding gate, boarding ramp, gangway, quay
- posts and polesflagpole, telephone pole, utility pole, electric pole, power pole
- canalsGrand Canal, Panama Canal, Suez Canal, Erie Canal, canal boat
- marinamarina, berth, boat slip, dock, slip
- mooring gearanchor, bollard, fender, anchor chain, bow line
- mooring pointscleat, bollard