A dockyard craft fitted to lay or take up moorings, usually with a heavy 'horse' (derrick with sheaves) fitted over the bow and a capstan for raising and lowering the heavy weights involved.
Inqwelo yasedokisini yokuhamba emanzini eyenzelwe ukubeka okanye ukukuthatha iintambo, ikwenza oko ngehashi elinamandla elibotshelelwe ngaphezulu komphambili wenqanawe nakumatshini wokunyusa i-ankile ukwenzela ukunyusa nokuhlisa ubunzima obukhoyo.