Moor

Moor was a word with diverse definition, especially dependent on the part of speech.

As noun

 * a specific area of moorland (PROSE: The Burning (novel), and many others)
 * an individual belonging to a people collectively known as the Moors, adjectively known as Moorish (TV: The War Games)

As verb

 * the act of securing a vessel to a mooring (PROSE: The Fall of Yquatine, and many others)