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noun (plural haws·es) |
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1. location of ship's hawseholes: the area of a ship in which the hawseholes are to be found
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Same as hawsehole
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3. space between bow and anchor: the space between the bow and the anchors of a ship lying at anchor
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4. anchor deployment: the way in which a ship's anchor lines are deployed, starboard and port, when both are deployed together at the same time
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intransitive verb (past and past participle hawsed, present participle haws·ing, 3rd person present singular haws·es) |
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pitch violently when at anchor: to pitch violently when lying at anchor
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| [13th century < Old Norse hals, Old English h(e)als "neck, ship's prow" < Indo-European, "revolve"] |
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