Hawse

hawz, n. the part of a ve el's bow in which the hawse-holes are cut.— n.pl. Hawse′-holes , the holes in a ship's bow through which the cables pa .— ns. Hawse′-pipe , an iron pipe fitted into a hawse-hole, to save the wood; Hawse′-tim′ber , one of the upright timbers in the bow in which the hawse-holes are cut. [Ice. háls , the neck.]