one line of mooring

English translation: a single line of moored boats

11:00 Nov 20, 2014
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Transport / Transportation / Shipping
English term or phrase: one line of mooring
“A great number of people are affected by noise, air and water pollution. It’s the sheer number of boats which is the problem. So we wish to limit the boats to one line of mooring to minimise the effect.
sunny20101211
China
Selected answer:a single line of moored boats
Explanation:
My guess is that they want to ban "double parking" - they want only a single line of boats moored (along the river bank, canal bank, harbour or whatever is being talked about) and want to stop the situation where one boat moors alongside another so that people in boat B have to clamber over boat A to embark or disembark.
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Armorel Young
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3 +4a single line of moored boats
Armorel Young
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A pîcture is worth a thousand words
Didier Fourcot

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a single line of moored boats


Explanation:
My guess is that they want to ban "double parking" - they want only a single line of boats moored (along the river bank, canal bank, harbour or whatever is being talked about) and want to stop the situation where one boat moors alongside another so that people in boat B have to clamber over boat A to embark or disembark.

Armorel Young
Local time: 19:32
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Davis: That's how I understand it too.
1 hr

agree  jccantrell: With Didier's picture, this has to be the meaning.
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agree  Terry Richards
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agree  Yvonne Gallagher
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3 hrs peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: A pîcture is worth a thousand words

Reference information:
Look at this "double-moored boats" picture


    Reference: http://www.waterwaysworld.com/latest.cgi?month=062012
Didier Fourcot
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Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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Asker: yeah!that's pretty helpful


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agree  Yvonne Gallagher: don't think there's any doubt....
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