Dock, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Docked p. pr. & vb. n. Docking.]
  1. to cut off, as the end of a thing; to curtail; to cut short; to clip; as, to dock the tail of a horse.
     His top was docked like a priest biforn.   -- Chaucer.
  2. To cut off a part from; to shorten; to deduct from; to subject to a deduction; as, to dock one's wages.
  3. To cut off, bar, or destroy; as, to dock an entail.
  docking
       n : the act of securing an arriving vessel with ropes [syn: moorage,
            tying up]