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Hawser

//hɔːzə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship.

    "The hawser was as taut as a bowstring, and the current so strong she pulled upon her anchor. All around the hull, in the blackness, the rippling current bubbled and chattered like a little mountain stream."

  2. 2
    large heavy rope for nautical use wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English hauser, haucer, from Anglo-Norman haucer, from Vulgar Latin *altiāre (“to raise”), derived from Latin altus (“high”). Altered in English by mistaken association with hawse and perhaps haul. Compare French aussière, haussière.

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