Hause

name, noun

name, noun ·1 syllable ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Obsolete form of hawse. alt-of, obsolete
  2. 2
    A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass. Northern-England, Scotland
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Etymology 1

A variant, like hawse (“part of a vessel's bow containing hawseholes”), of Middle English halse (“neck”); see hawse for more.

Etymology 2

From the German surname, variant of Haus.

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