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单词 hawsehole
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hawsehole

[ hawz-hohl, haws- ]
/ ˈhɔzˌhoʊl, ˈhɔs- /

noun Nautical.

a hole in the stem or bow of a vessel for an anchor cable.

Origin of hawsehole

First recorded in 1655–65

Words nearby hawsehole

hawkweed, Hawkyns, Haworth, haworthia, hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe, hawser, hawser bend, hawser-laid, hawthorn
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Example sentences from the Web for hawsehole

  • They heard her anchor splash into the water, and then the rattle of her cable as it ran through the hawsehole.

    The British Expedition to the Crimea|William Howard Russell

British Dictionary definitions for hawsehole

hawsehole
/ (ˈhɔːzˌhəʊl) /

noun

nautical one of the holes in the upper part of the bows of a vessel through which the anchor ropes passOften shortened to: hawse
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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