hawse
/hɔːz/US/hɔz/
hawse noun: the part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
Noun
hawse (plural hawses)
- The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
- A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
- The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).
Adjective
hawse (not comparable)
- In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.
Adverb
hawse (not comparable)
- Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.
Verb
hawse (third-person singular simple present hawses, present participle hawsing, simple past and past participle hawsed)
- To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.
hawse meaning in Bengali
hawse in Bengali
- একটি হজহোল, হজপাইপ, দুটি নোঙরে অবস্থান করা
Forms of hawse
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | hawses |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | hawses |
| present participle | hawsing |
| past participle | hawsed |
| past | hawsed |
Origin of hawse
Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).
Words formed from hawse
- athwart hawse
- bold hawse
- clearing hawse
- in the hawse
- foul the hawse
- hawse-bags
- hawse-blocks
- hawse-bolster
- hawse-fallen
- hawse-full
- hawsehole
- hawse-hole
- hawse-hook
- hawse-pieces
- hawsepipe
- hawse-pipe
- hawse-plug
- hawse-timber
- hawse-wood
- hawse pipe
- hawse timber
Phrases with hawse
Words that rhyme with hawse
Questions about hawse
- What does hawse mean?
- Hawse means the part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
- What is hawse in Bengali?
- Hawse in Bengali is একটি হজহোল, হজপাইপ, দুটি নোঙরে অবস্থান করা. See Hawse meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is hawse?
- Hawse can be a noun, an adjective, an adverb or a verb.
- How do you pronounce hawse?
- Hawse is pronounced /hɔːz/ (UK).
- What is the plural of hawse?
- The plural of hawse is hawses.
Words near hawse in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hawse (page history and authors); hawse (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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