Australian English Meaning of hawse
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Definitions and Meaning of hawse in English
hawse (n)
the hole that an anchor rope passes through
hawse (n.)
A hawse hole.
The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow.
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.
That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.
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hawse
the hole that an anchor rope passes throughA hawse hole., The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other
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haworth => Haworth, hawkyns => Hawkyns, hawkweed => hawkweed, hawkshaw => hawkshaw, hawksbill turtle => hawksbill turtle,
