Hawser meaning

hô'zər
A cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship.
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A large rope used for towing or mooring a ship.
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(nautical) A cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship.
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Origin of hawser

  • Middle English from Anglo-Norman haucer from Old French haucier to hoist from Vulgar Latin altiāre alteration of Late Latin altāre from Latin altus high al-2 in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Anglo-Norman haucer, from Old French haucier, halcier, from Vulgar Latin *helciaria, from Latin helcium (“collar harness”). Altered in English on mistaken association with hawse and perhaps haul. Compare French aussière, haussière.
    From Wiktionary

Hawser Sentence Examples

  • A hawser was passed from the "Vindictive," and at r:10 A.M.

  • The climbing plants, from the size of a whipcord to that of a man-of-war's hawser, are so numerous, that the ancient path is the only passage.

  • Hubert GoreLangton) attempted to tow her out, but the hawser was shot away once, and parted another time.

  • The hawser just held long enough to swing her bows round, and she got clear.

  • They wove a reed hawser for him, they cut sticks for him.

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