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c1860 H. Stuart (rev. ed.) 55 The hawse boxes, or deck pipe.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Hawse-box, or Naval Hood, pieces of plank bolted outside round each of the hawse-holes, to support the projecting part of the hawse-pipe.