hawser
a heavy rope for mooring or towing.
Origin of hawser
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How to use hawser in a sentence
Pike payed out the hawser, the coxswain eased off the spring; away went the boat, and next moment Pike had Stanley by the hair.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneThe hawser was slipped as he spoke; the lifeboat was hauled slowly but steadily to windward up to her anchor.
The Floating Light of the Goodwin Sands | R.M. BallantyneThe hawser was made into a loop around his body and the other end was tied around the mother.
Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal MukerjiHe was pulled forward quite a distance, when the hawser broke and his fore-legs fell on the plank.
Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal MukerjiThe situation was not so bad as we thought, however, as it was very easy to slip another hawser under him.
Kari the Elephant | Dhan Gopal Mukerji
British Dictionary definitions for hawser
/ (ˈhɔːzə) /
nautical a large heavy rope
Origin of hawser
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