HAWSEPIPE

hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe

(noun) the hole that an anchor rope passes through

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

hawsepipe (plural hawsepipes)

A metal pipe fitted into a hawsehole, to protect the wood.

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

27 April 2024

GREAT

(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”


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Coffee Trivia

Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.

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