单词 | hawse |
释义 | hawse[ hawz, haws ] / hɔz, hɔs / nounthe 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 hawseto hawse, with both bow anchors out: a ship riding to hawse. Origin of hawsebefore 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 hawseHawksmoor, 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 hawseBritish Dictionary definitions for hawsehawse / (hɔːz) nautical / nounthe 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 hawseC14: 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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