hawse

hawse  (hôz)

n.

1. The part of a ship where the hawseholes are located.

2. A hawsehole.

3. The space between the bows and anchors of an anchored ship.

4. The arrangement of a ship's anchor cables when both starboard and port anchors are secured.

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[Middle English hals, forward curve of a strake, probably from Old Norse hls, neck, ship's bow; see k^wel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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hawse [hɔːz] Nautical

n

1. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the part of the bows of a vessel where the hawseholes are

2. (Transport / Nautical Terms) short for hawsehole, hawsepipe

3. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the distance from the bow of an anchored vessel to the anchor

4. (Transport / Nautical Terms) the arrangement of port and starboard anchor ropes when a vessel is riding on both anchors

vb

(Transport / Nautical Terms) (intr) (of a vessel) to pitch violently when at anchor

[from earlier halse, probably from Old Norse háls; related to Old English heals neck]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hawse - the hole that an anchor rope passes through hawsehole, hawsepipe hole - an opening deliberately made in or through something