That part of the bows of a ship in which the hawse-holes are cut for the cables to pass through; hence, sometimes, in plural, the hawse-holes…
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| 释义 | society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > timbers at hawse-hole (6) hawse1497 That part of the bows of a ship in which the hawse-holes are cut for the cables to pass through; hence, sometimes, in plural, the hawse-holes… hawse-piece1680 One of the timbers of a ship through which a hawse-hole is cut; one of the timbers which compose the bow of a vessel and whose sides look fore… navel hood1750 a protective covering (usually of wood) around a hawsehole. Obsolete. buckler1832 In various technical senses. Nautical (see quots.) hawse-boxc1860 hawse-boxing1881 |
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