English Explanatory Dictionary

hause

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Obsolete form of hawse.
  2. A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/hɔːs/

Word forms

hause hauses

Etymology

A variant, like hawse (“part of a vessel's bow containing hawseholes”), of Middle English halse (“neck”); see hawse for more.

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