hawsehole

[hawz-hohl, haws-] /ˈhɔzˌhoʊl, ˈhɔs-/

Word Origin

noun, Nautical.

a hole in the stem or bow of a vessel for an anchor cable.

Origin of hawsehole

1655-1665

First recorded in 1655-65

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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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