A term applied to the operation of anchoring a vessel in a harbour, securing her to a mooring buoy, or to a wharf or dock by means of chains or ropes.
Igama elisetyenziswayo kusetynziso lwe-ankile yenqanawe kwizibuko, kuyikhusela ngentambo yomqondiso odadayo wengozi, okanye kwindawo yokuthula nokulayisha iinqanawe okanye idokisi ngokuncediswa ngamatyathanga okanye iintambo.