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Definition of hawsepipe in English: hawsepipenoun An inclined pipe leading from a hawse hole to the side of a ship, containing the shank of the anchor when the anchor is raised. Example sentencesExamples - An anchor line is fed through the hawsepipe.
- Examining the port side, the anchor chain can be seen to hang down from the hawsepipe a foot or so and then abruptly end without an anchor.
- I removed all of the hawsepipes, stainless steel fittings and rod holders to polish them.
- With this design, water passing up the hawsepipe went to the main deck, rather than below deck.
- A glaring omission, though, is the lack of a hawsepipe or hawsehole.
- When the cleat tried to go through the hawsepipe, it jammed and ripped a section of the hull completely off the boat.
- I added anchors and hawsepipes to the front of the ship.
- The anchor chains rumbled through hawsepipes.
- The anchor is now stored touching the hull in three places and seated in the top of the hawsepipe.
Definition of hawsepipe in US English: hawsepipenounˈhôzpīp An inclined pipe leading from a hawsehole to the side of a ship, containing the shank of the anchor when the anchor is raised. Example sentencesExamples - I added anchors and hawsepipes to the front of the ship.
- A glaring omission, though, is the lack of a hawsepipe or hawsehole.
- An anchor line is fed through the hawsepipe.
- I removed all of the hawsepipes, stainless steel fittings and rod holders to polish them.
- The anchor chains rumbled through hawsepipes.
- With this design, water passing up the hawsepipe went to the main deck, rather than below deck.
- Examining the port side, the anchor chain can be seen to hang down from the hawsepipe a foot or so and then abruptly end without an anchor.
- When the cleat tried to go through the hawsepipe, it jammed and ripped a section of the hull completely off the boat.
- The anchor is now stored touching the hull in three places and seated in the top of the hawsepipe.
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