noun
- the part of a bow where the hawseholes are located.
- a hawsehole or hawsepipe.
- the distance or space between the bow of an anchored vessel and the point on the surface of the water above the anchor.
- the relative position or arrangement of the port and starboard anchor cables when both are used to moor a vessel.
verb (used without object), hawsed, haws·ing.
- (of a vessel) to pitch heavily at anchor.
- to hawse, with both bow anchors out: a ship riding to hawse.
noun
- the part of the bows of a vessel where the hawseholes are
- short for hawsehole, hawsepipe
- the distance from the bow of an anchored vessel to the anchor
- the arrangement of port and starboard anchor ropes when a vessel is riding on both anchors
verb
- (intr) (of a vessel) to pitch violently when at anchor
part of a ship’s bow (containing the hawse-holes), late 15c., from Old English or Old Norse hals “part of a ship’s prow,” literally “neck” (see collar). Respelled with -aw- late 1500s.