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Hawsehole

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The hole through which a ship's anchor rope is passed.

    "The bolsters can be seen outboard of the hawseholes, and the way they are cut away to permit the passage of the anchor-cables."

  2. 2
    the hole that an anchor rope passes through wordnet
  3. 3
    A hole in a ship through which a hawser is passed.

Etymology

From hawse + hole.

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