もやい綱づな

noun

mooring line; mooring rope; painter

Nautical term for a rope used to secure a boat to a dock or another vessel. 'Painter' refers specifically to a line attached to the bow of a small boat.

• 船ふねをもやい綱づなで桟さん橋ばしに固こ定ていした。

  We secured the boat to the pier with a mooring line.