单词 | hawse |
释义 | hawsen. Nautical. 1. 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 themselves. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > timbers at hawse-hole hawse1497 hawse-piece1680 navel hood1750 buckler1832 hawse-boxc1860 hawse-boxing1881 1497 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 313 ij peces of tymbre for the halse of the seyd ship. 1582 N. Lichefield tr. F. L. de Castanheda 1st Bk. Hist. Discouerie E. Indias lxiv. 130 To let slippe their Gabells by theyr Halsis. 1589 W. Wren in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations i. 147 Wee..cut our cable at the hawse. a1608 F. Vere Comm. (1657) 28 After many attempts to wind up the anchor I was forced to cut cable in the haulse. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. ii. 10 The Hauses are those great round holes before, vnder the Beak-head, where commonly is vsed the Cables when you come to an Anchor, the bold or high Hause is the best. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 46 Our Cables froze in the hawse. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) (at cited word) A Bold Hawse, is when the Hole is lofty above Water. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. iv. 330 We were in a leaky ship, with three cables in our hawses. 1842 J. F. Cooper Jack o' Lantern I. 140 Two men appeared near the Knight-heads..looking at the vessel's hawse. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel > large hawser1338 hawse1598 proviso1625 swing1850 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes A halse or cable to draw a bote or ship withall. [1611 Alzaniere..a halse or halsier in a ship]. a1642 W. Monson Naval Tracts (1704) iii. 346/1 Cat~holes are over the Ports in the Gun-Room..to heave the Ship a stern by a Cable, or Hause. 3. The space between the head of a vessel at anchor and the anchors, or a little beyond the anchors, esp. in athwart (†thwart) the hawse (cf. athwart-hawse adj. at athwart adv. and prep. Compounds), to cross the hawse, etc. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > distance or angle between vessel and anchor hawse1630 trend1879 1630 J. Taylor Brave Sea-fight in Wks. iii. 39/1 In the darke night they might haue chained two or three Frigots together, and turning them vpon them, vpon the Ebbe, thwart their hawse, might much haue endangered them. 1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 332 Both fell foul one anothers houlses, through which mischance her boltsprit gave our mizen shrouds a [etc.]. 1666 London Gaz. No. 21/4 He fell thwart the Man of Wars Halse. 1667 London Gaz. No. 160/4 The Vice Admiral..intended then to cross the Hause. 1712 E. Cooke Voy. S. Sea 350 Then I lay a-thwart the Enemy's Harse. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xvi. 280 Nothing would suit Nelson but this four-decked ship, so we crossed the hawse of about six of them, and..were abreast of her. 1859 C. Reade Love me Little (Ward) ix. 112 ‘There are mischiefmakers behind’. ‘Ay?.. I'll teach them to come across my hawse’. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. (at cited word) If a vessel drives at her anchors into the hawse of another she is said to ‘foul the hawse’ of the vessel riding there; hence the threat..‘If you foul my hawse, I'll cut your cable’. 4. (a) ‘The situation of the cables before the ship's stem, when she is moored with two anchors out from forward, one on the starboard, and the other on the port bow’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 1867). (b) clear hawse, when both cables lead directly (without crossing) to their respective anchors. hawse foul, open hawse (see quots.). †full hawse, with all the cable run out (obsolete). to clear the hawse, fresh (freshen) the hawse (see quots.). hawse cross, hawse elbow, round turn in the hawse (see quot. 1881, and elbow n. 2e). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > berthing, mooring, or anchoring > [noun] > action, fact, or opportunity of anchoring > specific manner or condition of hawse1597 foul1754 foul hawse1769 running moor1883 1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 33 The ship on hull, the helme on lee, full hawse in tumbling roades. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Burning in the Hawse, is when the Cable endures an extraordinary Stress. Clearing the Hawse, is the untwisting of two Cables, which being let out at two several Hawses, are wound about one another. Riding upon the Hawse, is when any weighty Substance falls directly before the Hawse, or lies across it. 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A Fresh Hawse, when there is Reason to suspect the Cable may be fretted in those Holes... Freshing the Hawse, is when new Pieces are laid upon the Cable in the Hawse. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. i. 116 These..gusts make it difficult for ships..to keep a clear hawse when anchored. 1788 Chambers's Cycl. (new ed.) Hawse, foul, implies that the cables lie across the stern, or bear upon each other, so as to be rubbed or chafed by the motion of the vessel. 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship II. 254* When a ship at her moorings has her cables lead strait to her anchors, without crossing, she is said to ride with an open hawse. 1881 L. R. Hamersly Naval Encycl. (at cited word) If from an open hawse a ship swings 180° she brings a cross in the hawse, a second half swing in the same direction makes an elbow, a third, a round turn, a fourth, a round turn and an elbow, and so on. Compounds attributive and in other combinations. Also hawse-hole n., hawse-piece n., hawse-pipe n., hawse-plug n. hawse-bag n. ΚΠ 1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia (at cited word) Hawse-bags, are bags of canvas made tapering, and stuffed full of oakum..to prevent the sea from washing in at these [hawse] holes. hawse-block n. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Hawse-blocks, bucklers, or pieces of wood made to fit over the hawse-holes when at sea, to back the hawse-plugs. hawse-bolster n. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Hawse-bolsters, planks above and below the hawse-holes. Also, pieces of canvas stuffed with oakum and roped round, for plugging when the cables are bent. hawse-box n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > timbers at hawse-hole hawse1497 hawse-piece1680 navel hood1750 buckler1832 hawse-boxc1860 hawse-boxing1881 c1860 H. Stuart Novices or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 55 The hawse boxes, or deck pipe. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Hawse-box, or Naval Hood, pieces of plank bolted outside round each of the hawse-holes, to support the projecting part of the hawse-pipe. hawse-boxing n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > fore part of vessel > [noun] > timbers at hawse-hole hawse1497 hawse-piece1680 navel hood1750 buckler1832 hawse-boxc1860 hawse-boxing1881 1881 L. R. Hamersly Naval Encycl. Hawse-Boxing..was formerly a projection left upon the hawse~timbers in the wake of the hawse-holes. hawse-buckler n. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Hawse-bucklers, plugs of wood to fit the hawse-holes, and hatches to bolt over, to keep the sea from spurting in. hawse-fallen adj. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 373 To ride hawse-fallen, is when the water breaks into the hawse in a rough sea, driving all before it. hawse-full adj. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [adjective] > rolling and pitching labouringa1616 laboursome1625 hawse-full1692 giddy1700 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 81 To RideHawse-fall, is when in a rough Sea the Water breaks into the Hawses. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 373 Riding hawse-full, pitching bows under. hawse-hook n. ΚΠ 1850 J. Greenwood Sailor's Sea-bk. 123 Hawse-hook, the breast-hook over the hawse-holes. hawse-timber n. see quots. ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Hawse-timbers, the upright timbers in the bow, bolted on each side of the stem, in which the hawse-holes are cut. Categories » hawse-wood n. = hawse-timber n. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). † hawsev. Obsolete. transitive. To raise, exalt, hoist. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > hoist heave971 lifta1300 to set upa1300 lift1362 raisec1384 weigh1421 horsea1500 hawsec1500 heeze1513 hoise1548 hoist1548 wind1577 to work upc1610 hist1707 c1500 Melusine (1895) xxiv. 166 He made to be haused a lytel galyote out of the grete galeye with viii hores. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 62/1 Euery thing was hawsed aboue the mesure: amercementes turned into fines, fines into raunsomes. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Richard III 11 b Halsed up their sailes. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxv. xxv. 568 Bomilcar..having sea-roume, halsed up sailes. DerivativesΚΠ c1475 Partenay 498 Puttyng my hole hert..and thought ay To your honour, hawse, and encrese also. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2021). > see alsoalso refers to : hausehawsen. < n.1497v.c1475 see also |
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