Moors

v. tie a boat, secure a boat; anchor a boat; secure with ropes

n. infertile or undeveloped land; swampy land; land reserved for hunting

n. person of mixed Berber and Arab ancestry; Moorish person, Muslim from northwest Africa

During the medieval period, Moor became a common term to refer to the Muslims of Islamic Spain and North Africa, who were of Arab or Berber descent. The name remains associated with the Muslims of Spain even today, despite being archaic and inaccurate, as it lumps Muslim and non-Muslim Arabs, Berbers and other Africans together, sometimes even with Iberian Muslims. In Spanish, the continued use of the cognate, moro, is considered by many to be racist; in English, the term has only historical contexts, with no proper present-day referent.
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Noun
1. open land usually with peaty soil covered with heather and bracken and moss
(synonym) moorland
(hypernym) plain, field, champaign
Verb
1. secure in or as if in a berth or dock; "tie up the boat"
(synonym) berth, tie up
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(hyponym) wharf
(derivation) mooring, moorage, berth, slip
2. come into or dock at a wharf; "the big ship wharfed in the evening"
(synonym) berth, wharf
(hypernym) dock
3. secure with cables or ropes; "moor the boat"
(hypernym) fasten, fix, secure
(derivation) docking, moorage, tying up

n. Moor, swampy land

adj. moorish, moresque

n. Moor