01 n. A hawse hole.
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A hawse hole.
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The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow.(Naut.)
Phrases & compounds
Athwart hawse —
See under Athwart.
Foul hawse —
a hawse in which the cables cross each other, or are twisted together.
Hawse block —
a block used to stop up a hawse hole at sea; -- called also hawse plug.
Hawse piece —
one of the foremost timbers of a ship, through which the hawse hole is cut.
Hawse plug —
Same as Hawse block (above).
To come in at the hawse holes —
to enter the naval service at the lowest grade.
To freshen the hawse —
to veer out a little more cable and bring the chafe and strain on another part.