单词 | hawse-pipe |
释义 | hawse-pipen. Nautical. A cast-iron pipe fitted into a hawse-hole to prevent the cable from abrading the wood. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > other parts of body of vessel > [noun] > opening in side of vessel > at bow or stern > for cables > pipe lining hawse-pipe1865 navel pipe1882 1865 Cornhill 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. 1888 Daily News 16 Feb. 2/7 Abbey Home..left this morning for Dover Harbour, with hawse-pipe broken. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1865 |
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