hawse
English
/hɔːz/, /hɔz/
noun
Definitions
- (nautical) The part of the bow containing the hawseholes.
- (nautical) A hawsehole or hawsepipe.
- (nautical) The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).
Etymology
Derived from Middle English halse.
Origin
Middle English
halse
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Hawes English
- hawsehole English
- hawsepipe English
- hole English
- pipe English
- hals Norwegian Bokmål
- *halsaz Proto-Germanic
- hals Swedish
- hals Norwegian Nynorsk
- halse Middle English
- hals Old Norse
- ᛋᚴᛅᚾᛘᛅᛚᛋ Old Norse
- Helsingør Danish
- hals Danish
- blöðruhálskirtill Icelandic
- háls Icelandic
- hálsbindi Icelandic
- hálsfesti Icelandic
- hálskirtill Icelandic
- hálsmen Icelandic
- hálsur Faroese
- hars Westrobothnian