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Docking - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Docking : (noun)
1: the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes [syn: moorage,
tying up]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Dock \Dock\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Docked; p. pr. & vb. n.
Docking.] [See Dock a tail. Cf. W. tociaw, and twciaw, to
dock, clip.]
1. to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut
short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.
His top was docked like a priest biforn. -- Chaucer.
2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to
subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.
3. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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