HAWSE
\hˈɔːz], \hˈɔːz], \h_ˈɔː_z]\
Definitions of HAWSE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.
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That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.
By Oddity Software
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The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse.
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That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The situation of the cables in front of a ship's bow when she has two anchors out forward:-pl. the holes in a ship's bow through which the cables pass.
By Daniel Lyons
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A hole for a cable in a ship's bow; the situation of the cables in front of a ship's bow, when she is moored with two anchors forward.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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