hawsehole
[ hawz-hohl, haws- ]
nounNautical.
a hole in the stem or bow of a vessel for an anchor cable.
Origin of hawsehole
1First recorded in 1655–65
Words Nearby hawsehole
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How to use hawsehole in a sentence
They heard her anchor splash into the water, and then the rattle of her cable as it ran through the hawsehole.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard Russell
British Dictionary definitions for hawsehole
hawsehole
/ (ˈhɔːzˌhəʊl) /
noun
nautical one of the holes in the upper part of the bows of a vessel through which the anchor ropes pass: Often shortened to: hawse
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