- 1. n. A hawse hole. Source: opted
- 2. n. The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow. Source: opted
- 3. n. The distance ahead to which the cables usually extend; as, the ship has a clear or open hawse, or a foul hawse; to anchor in our hawse, or athwart hawse. Source: opted
- 4. n. That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables. Source: opted
- 5. n. the hole that an anchor rope passes through Source: wordnet
- 6. n. the hole that an anchor rope passes through Source: ecdict
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