Australian English Meaning of hawse

hawse

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Definitions and Meaning of hawse in English

Wordnet

hawse (n)

the hole that an anchor rope passes through

Webster

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,