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hawse-plug

hawse-plug noun: a stopper designed to prevent water from entering the hawsehole during heavy weather.

Noun

hawse-plug

  1. (dated) A stopper designed to prevent water from entering the hawsehole during heavy weather.

Questions about hawse-plug

What does hawse-plug mean?
Hawse-plug means a stopper designed to prevent water from entering the hawsehole during heavy weather.
What part of speech is hawse-plug?
Hawse-plug is a noun.

Words near hawse-plug in the dictionary

  1. hawse timber
  2. hawse timbers
  3. hawse-full
  4. hawse-pipe
  5. hawse-pipes
  6. hawse-plug
  7. hawsed
  8. hawsehole
  9. hawseholes
  10. hawsepipe
  11. hawsepiper

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