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Definition of Mooring mast
1. Noun. A tower for mooring airships.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mooring Mast
Literary usage of Mooring mast
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Eyes of the Army and Navy by Albert H. Munday (1917)
"MOORING-MAST. A mast, usually of steel, having a cone mounted on the universal
joint at its top ... A cable used for attaching an airship to a mooring-mast. ..."
2. Flying the Atlantic in Sixteen Hours: With a Discussion of Aircraft in by Arthur Whitten Brown, Alan Bott (1920)
"Two men of the party on the ground below take charge of the rope, unshackle the
sandbags, and effect a junction with the mooring mast rope, ..."
3. Municipal Landing Fields and Air Ports: With Chapters by the Chief of the by George Seay Wheat (1920)
"The mooring mast illustrated is built to moor small airships. The masts of the
future, necessary to handle airships of from five to ten millions of cubic ..."
4. The Outline of Science: A Plain Story Simply Told by John Arthur Thomson (1922)
"A mooring mast costs less than £25000 to erect. The up- to-date form of mast
consists of a lattice-work tower with a top which revolves easily. ..."
5. D'Orcy's Airship Manual: An International Register of Airships, with a by Ladislas D'Orcy (1917)
"The British Navy has evolved a particularly promising mooring mast, which permits
an airship to put its nose into a revolving cup wherefrom it can swing ..."
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