HAWSE HOLE
A hole in the bow through which a cable or chain passes. It is a cast steel tube, having rounded projecting lips both inside and out. | ||||
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hawse hole
hawse hole
hawse \hawse\ (h&add;z or h&add;s; 277), n. [orig. a hawse hole, or hole in the ship; cf. icel. hals, hāls, neck, part of the bows of a ship, as. heals neck. see collar, and cf. halse to embrace.]
1. a hawse hole. arris.
2. (naut.) (a) the situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow. (b) the distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse. (c) that part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.
hawse hole
hawse \hawse\ (h&add;z or h&add;s; 277), n. [orig. a hawse hole, or hole in the ship; cf. icel. hals, hāls, neck, part of the bows of a ship, as. heals neck. see collar, and cf. halse to embrace.]
1. a hawse hole. arris.
2. (naut.) (a) the situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow. (b) the distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse. (c) that part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.
