A rowboat tows a mooring line, which in turn is tied to a hawser.
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Hawser
//hɔːzə//
Synonyms for "hawser" (10 found)
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3 entriesetymologically related_to
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1 entriesis a
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6 entriesTranslations
37 translations across 26 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- buraz noun (cable)
Belarusian
2 entries- перлінь noun (cable)
- швартоў noun (cable)
Bulgarian
1 entries- швартово въже noun (cable)
Czech
1 entries- (uvazovací, kotevní) lano noun (cable)
Danish
1 entries- trosse noun (cable)
Dutch
3 entries- landvast noun (cable)
- meerlijn noun (cable)
- tros noun (cable)
Finnish
2 entries- touvi noun (cable)
- trossi noun (cable)
French
1 entries- aussière noun (cable)
Galician
1 entries- guindareza noun (cable)
German
2 entries- Tau noun (cable)
- Trosse noun (cable)
Ido
1 entries- amaro noun (cable)
Italian
2 entries- canapo noun (cable)
- cima noun (cable)
Māori
4 entries- hawa noun (cable)
- taura noun (cable)
- torokaha noun (cable)
- torotoro noun (cable)
Norman
1 entries- aussiéthe noun (cable)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- trosse noun (cable)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- trosse noun (cable)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- خلاط noun (cable)
Polish
1 entries- cuma noun (cable)
Portuguese
1 entries- amarra noun (cable)
Romanian
1 entries- parâmă noun (cable)
Russian
3 entries- перли́нь noun (cable)
- трос noun (cable)
- шварто́в noun (cable)
Spanish
1 entries- cabo noun (cable)
Swahili
1 entries- amari noun (cable)
Swedish
1 entries- tross noun (cable)
Turkish
1 entries- halat noun (cable)
Vietnamese
1 entries- dây neo noun (cable)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
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.
Source: wiktionary
A hatchet to my hawser? all adrift to go?
Source: wiktionary
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