Moor – Space and water craft

Moor refers to the act of attaching a space or water craft  to a mooring. A mooring refers to any permanent structure to which a vessel may be secured. A ship is secured to a mooring to forestall free movement of the ship.

The term probably stems from the Terran Dutch verb meren (to moor), which has been used in English since the end of the 15th century CE.

In the Union today, watercraft tend to use a physical line (Mooring Line) while spacecraft use tractor beams (sent from mooring structure to mooring points on the ship)