hawse

[ hawz, haws ]

/ hɔz, hɔs /

Nautical

noun

the part of a bow where the hawseholes are located.

a hawsehole or hawsepipe.

the distance or space between the bow of an anchored vessel and the point on the surface of the water above the anchor.

the relative position or arrangement of the port and starboard anchor cables when both are used to moor a vessel.

verb (used without object), hawsed, haws·ing.

(of a vessel) to pitch heavily at anchor.

Idioms for hawse

to hawse, with both bow anchors out: a ship riding to hawse.

Origin of hawse

before 1000; Middle English hals,Old English heals bow of a ship, literally, neck; cognate with Old Norse hals in same senses, Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German hals neck, throat, Latin collus (<*kolsos)

Words nearby hawse

Hawksmoor, hawkweed, Hawkyns, Haworth, haworthia, hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe, hawser, hawser bend, hawser-laid

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Example sentences from the Web for hawse

In one of the squalls, the cable by which the Resolution was riding, parted just without the hawse.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16|Robert Kerr
Hawse, hawz, n. the part of a vessel's bow in which the hawse-holes are cut.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
Hawse′-holes, the holes in a ship's bow through which the cables pass.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)|Various
That it was a sign, sir, that it was a bad hour to cross your hawse.
Rodney Stone|Arthur Conan Doyle

But luck was against me; I ran athwart the hawse of a Dutch officer; put a bullet into him, and got locked up.
In Strange Company|Guy Boothby

British Dictionary definitions for hawse

hawse

/ (hɔːz) nautical /

noun

the part of the bows of a vessel where the hawseholes are

short for hawsehole, hawsepipe

the distance from the bow of an anchored vessel to the anchor

the arrangement of port and starboard anchor ropes when a vessel is riding on both anchors

verb

(intr) (of a vessel) to pitch violently when at anchor

Word Origin for hawse

C14: from earlier halse, probably from Old Norse háls; related to Old English heals neck

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

单词	hawse
释义	hawse [ hawz, haws ] / hɔz, hɔs / Nautical noun the part of a bow where the hawseholes are located. a hawsehole or hawsepipe. the distance or space between the bow of an anchored vessel and the point on the surface of the water above the anchor. the relative position or arrangement of the port and starboard anchor cables when both are used to moor a vessel. verb (used without object), hawsed, haws·ing. (of a vessel) to pitch heavily at anchor. Idioms for hawse to hawse, with both bow anchors out: a ship riding to hawse. Origin of hawse before 1000; Middle English hals,Old English heals bow of a ship, literally, neck; cognate with Old Norse hals in same senses, Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German hals neck, throat, Latin collus (<*kolsos) Words nearby hawse Hawksmoor, hawkweed, Hawkyns, Haworth, haworthia, hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe, hawser, hawser bend, hawser-laid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hawse In one of the squalls, the cable by which the Resolution was riding, parted just without the hawse. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 16\|Robert Kerr Hawse, hawz, n. the part of a vessel's bow in which the hawse-holes are cut. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)\|Various Hawse′-holes, the holes in a ship's bow through which the cables pass. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M)\|Various That it was a sign, sir, that it was a bad hour to cross your hawse. Rodney Stone\|Arthur Conan Doyle But luck was against me; I ran athwart the hawse of a Dutch officer; put a bullet into him, and got locked up. In Strange Company\|Guy Boothby British Dictionary definitions for hawse hawse / (hɔːz) nautical / noun the part of the bows of a vessel where the hawseholes are short for hawsehole, hawsepipe the distance from the bow of an anchored vessel to the anchor the arrangement of port and starboard anchor ropes when a vessel is riding on both anchors verb (intr) (of a vessel) to pitch violently when at anchor Word Origin for hawse C14: from earlier halse, probably from Old Norse háls; related to Old English heals neck Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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