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Definitions for Hawse

[1] the part of a bow where the hawseholes are located.
[2] a hawsehole or hawsepipe.
[3] the distance or space between the bow of an anchored vessel and the point on the surface of the water above the anchor.
[4] the relative position or arrangement of the port and starboard anchor cables when both are used to moor a vessel.
[5] (of a vessel) to pitch heavily at anchor.
[6] to hawse , with both bow anchors out: a ship riding to hawse.
[7] the part of the bows of a vessel where the hawseholes are
[8] short for hawsehole, hawsepipe
[9] the distance from the bow of an anchored vessel to the anchor
[10] the arrangement of port and starboard anchor ropes when a vessel is riding on both anchors
[11] (intr) (of a vessel) to pitch violently when at anchor

Words nearby Hawse

hawksmoor, hawkweed, hawkyns, haworth, haworthia, hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe, hawser, hawser bend, hawser-laid

Origin of Hawse

before 1000; Middle English hals, Old English heals bow of a ship, literally, neck; cognate with Old Norse hals in same senses, Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Old High German hals neck, throat, Latin collus (< *kolsos )

Word origin for Hawse

C14: from earlier halse, probably from Old Norse háls; related to Old English heals neck