hawsehole

Definitions

1. The hole through which a ship's anchor rope is passed.
2. A hole in a ship through which a hawser is passed.

Equivalents

Examples

“The bolsters can be seen outboard of the hawseholes, and the way they are cut⟳ away to permit⟳ the passage of the anchor-cables.”

“Then he saw⟳. a few feet aft of the hawsehole, a darker spot on the hull—someone had left a porthole open⟳ below the forecastle. in the hold⟳ that was the crews' quarters.”

“Its overlapping steel plates and the empty hawseholes, from which the anchors will soon be suspended, are visible.”

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