How many syllables in Hawse
Word
Hawse
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
hawse
Definition
- n. - A hawse hole.
- n. - The situation of the cables when a vessel is moored with two
anchors, one on the starboard, the other on the port bow.
- n. - 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.
- n. - That part of a vessel's bow in which are the hawse holes for
the cables.
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