hawser

[ haw-zer, -ser ]

/ ˈhɔ zər, -sər /

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noun Nautical.

a heavy rope for mooring or towing.

Words nearby hawser

haworth, haworthia, hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe, hawser, hawser bend, hawser-laid, hawthorn, hawthorne, hawthorne effect

Origin of hawser

1300–50; Middle English haucer < Anglo-French hauceour, equivalent to Middle French hauci(er) to hoist (< Late Latin *altiāre to raise, derivative of Latin altus high; see haughty) + -our -or², -er²

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Examples from the Web for hawser

The men there, attach the hawser to the whip, and by hauling one side thereof in, they run the other side and the hawser out.
Battles with the Sea|R.M. Ballantyne
An anchor was let fall astern, and the whole ship's company hauled in on the hawser, swinging the ship slowly around.
The Naval History of the United States|Willis J. Abbot.
As the ship drifts well to leeward, the hawser will bring her stern to the wind; but it may not cast her on the other side.
The Seaman's Friend|Richard Henry Dana
We were fifty feet from that rock when the hawser was made fast and had a strain on it, and now it's right under her stern.
A Modern Buccaneer|Rolf Boldrewood

Even then, we who watched him thought he would stick fast between the boat and the bank, that the hawser would hold him.
The Congo and Coasts of Africa|Richard Harding Davis

British Dictionary definitions for hawser

hawser

/ (ˈhɔːzə) /

noun

nautical a large heavy rope

Word Origin for hawser

C14: from Anglo-French hauceour, from Old French haucier to hoist, ultimately from Latin altus high

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hawser

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