The bolsters can be seen outboard of the hawseholes, and the way they are cut away to permit the passage of the anchor-cables.
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Hawsehole
Synonyms for "hawsehole" (8 found)
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Translations
14 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- клюз noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
Catalan
1 entries- escobenc noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
Dutch
1 entries- kluisgat noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
Finnish
2 entries- klyysi noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
- silmäke noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
French
1 entries- écubier noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
German
1 entries- Klüse noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
Hebrew
2 entries- מִכְנָס noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
- פֶּתַח שָׁרְשׁרֶת הָעֹגֶן noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
Italian
1 entries- occhio di cubia noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
Portuguese
2 entries- escovém noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
- tubo do escovém noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
Spanish
1 entries- escobén noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
Swedish
1 entries- klys noun (nautical: hole for anchor rode)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Then he saw. a few feet aft of the hawsehole, a darker spot on the hull—someone had left a porthole open below the forecastle. in the hold that was the crews' quarters.
Source: wiktionary
Its overlapping steel plates and the empty hawseholes, from which the anchors will soon be suspended, are visible.
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