| 单词 | hawse |
| 释义 | hawse n. 1. the part of a ship's bows in which hawse-holes or hawse-pipes are placed. 2. the space between the head of an anchored vessel and the anchors. 3. the arrangement of cables when a ship is moored with port and starboard forward anchors. Phrases and idioms hawse-hole a hole in the side of a ship through which a cable or anchor-rope passes. hawse-pipe a metal pipe lining a hawse-hole. Etymology: ME halse, prob. f. ON h{aacute}ls neck, ship's bow |
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