hawse

Plural: hawses

Noun

• The part of a ship's bow where anchor chains pass through.
• the hole that an anchor rope passes through
• The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
• A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
• The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).

Adj

• In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.

Adv

• Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.

Verb

• To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.

Examples

• He anchored his Scrabble strategy, carefully planning the words from the HAWSE of his rack.

Synonyms

hawsehole, hawsepipe

Related Words

hause, hawser

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