hawse
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /hɔːz/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Homophone: whores
- (US) IPA(key): /hɔz/, /hɔs/
- Rhymes: -ɔːz, -ɔz, -ɔs
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Related terms[edit]
- hause (“col, lower ridge between peaks”)
Translations[edit]
A hawsehole
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Adjective[edit]
hawse (not comparable)
- (nautical) In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.
Adverb[edit]
hawse (not comparable)
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Verb[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
hawse (plural hawses)
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