English Explanatory Dictionary

hawsehole

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

hawsehole hawseholes hawse hole

Etymology

From hawse + hole.

Synonyms

cathole

Derived words

through the hawsehole
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