hawse

Etymology
Alteration of, from 🇨🇬 (compare 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1)  The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
 * 2)  A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
 * 3)  The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).

Translations

 * Bulgarian: клюз

Adjective

 * 1)  In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.

Adverb

 * 1)  Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.

Derived terms

 * athwart hawse
 * bold hawse
 * clearing hawse
 * in the hawse
 * foul the hawse
 * "freshen 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

Verb

 * 1)  To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.

Noun

 * 1) halse; neck; throat