hawsehole

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Definition of hawsehole

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noun

The hole through which a ship's anchor rope is passed.

“The bolsters can be seen outboard of the hawseholes, and the way they are cut away to permit the passage of the anchor-cables.”
“Then he saw. a few feet aft of the hawsehole, a darker spot on the hull—someone had left a porthole open below the forecastle. in the hold that was the crews' quarters.”
“Its overlapping steel plates and the empty hawseholes, from which the anchors will soon be suspended, are visible.”

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noun

The hole through which a ship's anchor rope is passed.

“The bolsters can be seen outboard of the hawseholes, and the way they are cut away to permit the passage of the anchor-cables.”
“Then he saw. a few feet aft of the hawsehole, a darker spot on the hull—someone had left a porthole open below the forecastle. in the hold that was the crews' quarters.”
“Its overlapping steel plates and the empty hawseholes, from which the anchors will soon be suspended, are visible.”
A hole in a ship through which a hawser is passed.

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From hawse + hole.

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