Nautical term for a rope used to secure a boat to a dock or another vessel. The word is somewhat specialized but known in boating contexts.
We secured the boat to the quay with a mooring rope.
We brought the boat alongside the dock and tied the mooring rope.
The painter broke and the boat drifted away.
At the signal to depart, we untied the mooring rope.
The dock attendant took hold of the mooring rope for us.
When 舫い (もやい) refers to a mooring rope, it can be counted with 本 as a long, thin object.
mooring pole; mooring post
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana.
Kana spelling is practical when the kanji is obscure.
Irregular okurigana usage; the same kanji without okurigana. Less common.
Derived from the verb 舫う (もやう), meaning 'to moor' or 'to tie up a boat'. The noun form 舫い refers to the rope used for that purpose.