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Hawser

Noun CEFR B1
hɔːzə

Definitions

A thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship.

Equivalents

Españolcabo
Françaisaussière
DeutschTauTrosse
17 more languages
العربيةالحبلمرسة
Dansktrosse
Ελληνικάκάβος
Suomitouvitrossi
Galegoguindareza
Bahasa Indonesiatros
Italianocanapocima
Kurdîamarîcimaçimatroş
Te Reo Māoritaura
Nederlandslandvastmeerlijntros
Polskicuma
Portuguêsamarra
Românăparâmă
Русскийпе́рли́ньтросшвартов
Svenskatross
Kiswahiliamari
Türkçehalat

Examples

“The hawser was as taut as a bowstring, and the current so strong she pulled upon her anchor. All around the hull, in the blackness, the rippling current bubbled and chattered like⟳ a little mountain stream.”
“A hatchet to my hawser? all adrift to go?”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

hawser iron hawser-laid rope Hawsers Hawsker Hawsker-cum-Stainsacre Hawsmith

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