Hawse
A hawse hole.
The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow.
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.
That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for the cables.
Related Definitions:
Ahead,
Anchor,
Are,
As,
Athwart,
Bow,
Clear,
Distance,
Extend,
For,
Foul,
Hawse,
Hole,
Has,
In,
Is,
Moored,
Of,
On,
One,
Open,
Or,
Other,
Our,
Part,
Port,
Ship,
Situation,
Starboard,
That,
The,
To,
Two,
Vessel,
When,
Which,
With
Copyright © 2001 - 2012 BrainyQuote
BookRags Media Network
