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Meaning of Hawser | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
hɔːzə

Definitions

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

Equivalents

العربية الحبل مرسة
Dansk trosse
Deutsch Tau Trosse
Ελληνικά κάβος
Español cabo
Suomi touvi trossi
Français aussière
Galego guindareza
Bahasa Indonesia tros
Italiano canapo cima
Kurdî amarî cima çima troş
Te Reo Māori taura
Nederlands landvast meerlijn tros
Polski cuma
Português amarra
Română parâmă
Русский пе́рли́нь трос швартов
Svenska tross
Kiswahili amari
Türkçe halat

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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