Hawse

hawz, n. the situation of the cables in front of a ship’s bow when she has two anchors out forward:—pi. the holes m a ship’s bow through which the cables pa . [M. E. hate A S hate or heals, the neck, applied to the corresponding part of a ship Ice. and Ger. lulls.} Hawseholes, hawz'hol/ See Hawse. Hawser. HalBer, hawz'er, n a small cable a large low] me. Fiom hawse meaning orig the rope which pa es through the hawses at the bow of a ship