hawse

English

Etymology

Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).

Noun

hawse (plural hawses)

1. (nautical) The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
2. (nautical) A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
3. (nautical) The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).

Adjective

hawse (not comparable)

1. (nautical) In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.

Adverb

hawse (not comparable)

1. (nautical, of a vessel) Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• athwart hawse
• bold hawse
• clearing hawse
• in the hawse
• foul the hawse

• "freshen hawse"
• hawse-bags
• hawse-blocks
• hawse-bolster
• hawse-fallen

• hawse-full
• hawsehole, hawse-hole
• hawse-hook
• hawse-pieces

• hawsepipe, hawse-pipe
• hawse-plug
• hawse-timber
• hawse-wood

Verb

1. (intransitive, nautical, of a vessel) To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.

Anagrams

• Hawes, shewa

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Scots

Noun

hawse (plural hawses)

1. halse; neck; throat

Anagrams

• Hawes