Hawser

//hɔːzə//

"Hawser" in a Sentence (3 examples)

A rowboat tows a mooring line, which in turn is tied to a hawser.

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.

A hatchet to my hawser? all adrift to go?

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