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ˈhawse-pipe Naut. A cast-iron pipe fitted into a hawse-hole to prevent the cable from abrading the wood.
1865Cornh. Mag. Apr. 465 The chain attached to the anchor, and made fast through a hawse-pipe to the bow or forepart of the vessel, acts as a pivot on which it swings. 1888Daily News 16 Feb. 2/7 Abbey Home..left this morning for Dover Harbour, with hawse-pipe broken. |