Usage Note
Amarre refers to a rope or cable used to tie up a boat. Larguer les amarres (to cast off the moorings) is a vivid idiom meaning to break free from one's ties and set off on a new life. The verb amarrer means to moor or to tie up a vessel.
Examples
"Le marin attacha l'amarre au bollard."
Natural Translation
The sailor tied the mooring line to the bollard.
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