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Definition of: hawse
(hôz) noun Naut.
1. The part of a vessel's bow having openings, usually steel–lined, for the passage of cables.
2. A hawsehole.
3. The situation of the cables that lead from a moored vessel to her anchors.
4. The horizontal distance between the vessel and her anchors. [<ON hals neck, bow of a ship]
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