HAWSE

hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe

(noun) the hole that an anchor rope passes through

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

hawse (plural hawses)

(nautical) The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.

(nautical) A hawsehole or hawsepipe.

(nautical) The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).

Adjective

hawse (not comparable)

(nautical) In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.

Adverb

hawse (not comparable)

(nautical, of a vessel) Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.

Verb

hawse (third-person singular simple present hawses, present participle hawsing, simple past and past participle hawsed)

(intransitive, nautical, of a vessel) To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.

Anagrams

• Hawes, shewa

Source: Wiktionary

Hawse, n. Etym: [Orig. a hawse hole, or hole in the ship; cf. Icel. hals, hals, neck, part of the bows of a ship, AS. heals neck. See Collar, and cf. Halse to embrace.]

1. A hawse hole. Harris.

2. (Naut.) (a) The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow. (b) The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse. (c) That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables. Athwart hawse. See under Athwart.

– Foul hawse, a hawse in which the cables cross each other, or are twisted together.

– Hawse block, a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea; -- called also hawse plug.

– Hawse hole, a hole in the bow of a ship, through which a cable passes.

– Hawse piece, one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through which the hawse hole is cut.

– Hawse plug. Same as Hawse block (above).

– To come in at the hawse holes, to enter the naval service at the lowest grade. [Cant] -- To freshen the hawse, to veer out a little more cable and bring the chafe and strain on another part.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition