hawse

English

Etymology

Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /hɔːz/

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• Homophone: whores
• (US) IPA^(key): /hɔz/, /hɔs/
• Rhymes: -ɔːz, -ɔz, -ɔs

Noun

hawse (plural hawses)

1. (nautical) The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
2. (nautical) A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
3. (nautical) The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).

Derived terms

• hawse pipe
• hawse timber

 

Related terms

• hause (“col, lower ridge between peaks”)

Translations

A hawsehole

• Bulgarian: клюз m (kljuz)

Adjective

hawse (not comparable)

1. (nautical) In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.

Adverb

hawse (not comparable)

1. (nautical, of a vessel) Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• athwart hawse
• bold hawse
• clearing hawse
• in the hawse
• foul the hawse
• "freshen hawse"
• hawse-bags
• hawse-blocks
• hawse-bolster
• hawse-fallen
• hawse-full
• hawsehole, hawse-hole
• hawse-hook
• hawse-pieces
• hawsepipe, hawse-pipe
• hawse-plug
• hawse-timber
• hawse-wood

Verb

hawse (third-person singular simple present hawses, present participle hawsing, simple past and past participle hawsed)

1. (intransitive, nautical, of a vessel) To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.

Anagrams

• Hawes, shewa, washe

Scots

Noun

hawse (plural hawses)

1. halse; neck; throat