Hawse

[hawse]

The hole that an anchor rope passes through

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A hawse hole.

Noun
the hole that an anchor rope passes through

n.
A hawse hole.

n.
The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow.

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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.

n.
That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.

Hawse

Hawse (?; 277), n. [Orig. a hawse hole, or hole in the ship; cf. Icel. hals, h'bels, 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.

Hawser

Haws"er , n. [From F. hausser to ft, raise (cf. OF. hausser'82e towpath, towing, F. haussi'8are hawser), LL. altiare, fr. L. altus high. See Haughty.] A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns. &hand; Three hawsers twisted together make a cable; but it nautical usage the distinction between cable and hawser is often one of size rather than of manufacture. Hawser iron, a calking iron.

A hawse hole.

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