hawse

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /hɔːz/
• (America) IPA: /hɔz/, /hɔs/

Noun

hawse (plural hawses)

1. (nautical) The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
2. (nautical) A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
3. (nautical) The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).

Adjective

hawse (not comparable)

1. (nautical) In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.

Adverb

hawse (not comparable)

1. (nautical, of a vessel) Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.

Verb

hawse (hawses, present participle hawsing; past and past participle hawsed)

1. (intransitive, nautical, of a vessel) To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.

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