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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
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