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hawser

n. heavy rope, cord, cable

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Hawser

Hawser is a nautical term for a cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship. A hawser passes through a hawsehole or cat hole, located on the hawse.
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hawser

Noun
1. large heavy rope for nautical use
(hypernym) rope

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Hawser

(n.)
A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.

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Hawser

A tow line. (TNDOT1)

By the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

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