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hawseholes

hawseholes is the plural of hawsehole.

Meaning of hawsehole

Noun

hawsehole (plural hawseholes)

  1. 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.1986, Jean Boudriot, The Seventy-four Gun Ship, page 59
  2. A hole in a ship through which a hawser is passed.

Questions about hawseholes

What is hawseholes the plural of?
Hawseholes is the plural of hawsehole.

Words near hawseholes in the dictionary

  1. hawse-pipe
  2. hawse-pipes
  3. hawse-plug
  4. hawsed
  5. hawsehole
  6. hawseholes
  7. hawsepipe
  8. hawsepiper
  9. hawsepipers
  10. hawsepipes
  11. hawser

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