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hawse en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /hɔs/ (US)
• /hɔz/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /hɔːz/ (UK)

Etymology

Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.

hawse en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /hɔs/ (US)
• /hɔz/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /hɔːz/ (UK)

Etymology

Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of a vessel) Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.

Deriveds

hawse-pieces · hawsehole · foul the hawse · hawse-pipe · hawse-plug · hawse-hook · hawse-wood · hawse-bags · in the hawse · hawse-full · clearing hawse · hawse-hole · bold hawse · hawse-bolster · hawsepipe · hawse-timber · athwart hawse · hawse-blocks · hawse-fallen

hawse en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /hɔs/ (US)
• /hɔz/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /hɔːz/ (UK)

Etymology

Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

hawse pipe · hawse timber

Relateds

hawser · hause

Translations (3)

fi silmäke (A hawsehole) · tr loça (A hawsehole) · bg клюз (A hawsehole)

hawse en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /hɔs/ (US)
• /hɔz/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /hɔːz/ (UK)

Etymology

Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).

Meanings

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

Forms