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English
Etymology
Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
hawse (plural hawses)
- (nautical) The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
- (nautical) A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
- (nautical) The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).
Derived terms
Translations
A hawsehole
- Bulgarian: клюз m (kljuz)
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Adjective
hawse (not comparable)
- (nautical) In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.
Adverb
hawse (not comparable)
- (nautical, of a vessel) Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.
Derived terms
Verb
hawse (third-person singular simple present hawses, present participle hawsing, simple past and past participle hawsed)
- (intransitive, nautical, of a vessel) To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.
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Scots
Noun
hawse (plural hawses)
- halse; neck; throat