hawse

Speech parts

1. hawse - Noun

2. hawse - Adjective

3. hawse - Verb

4. hawse - Adverb

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hawsehole hawsepipe depression burrow cranny hole corner gap companion cave cavity breach aperture pit crack
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Hypernyms

hole

Phrases with the word

athwart the hawse hawse-hole

Anagrams

Hawes shewa washe

Examples

Klinger hangs out at the Hawse Hole, a sordid dive even by Tenderloin standards. Source: Internet

With council members Erica Young and Vicki Hawse absent from Wednesday’s meeting, Mayor John Clark was forced to. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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