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hawse

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /h??z/
  • (US) IPA(key): /h?z/, /h?s/

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).

Translations

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

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.

References

Anagrams

  • Hawes, shewa, washe

Scots

Noun

hawse (plural hawses)

  1. halse; neck; throat

Anagrams

  • Hawes

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harse

English

Noun

harse (plural harses)

  1. Pronunciation spelling of horse.

Anagrams

  • Asher, Rahes, Share, Shear, asher, earsh, hares, hears, heras, rheas, sehar, sehra, share, shear

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