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Definition of hawser in English Turkish dictionary
- yoma
- halat
- palamar
- kablo
- çıma
- hawser laid
- bükme halat
- hawser laid
- yoma
- tow hawser
- yedek halatı
- poop hawser
- (Askeri) kıç koltuğu
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Definition of hawser in English English dictionary
- a cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship
The hawser was as taut as a bowstring - so strong she pulled upon her anchor.
- {n} a small cable
- {i} heavy rope, cord, cable
- A rope of sufficient size and strength to tow or secure a ship
- Huge rope used for securing or towing the ship
- Large strong rope used for towing purposes and for securing or mooring ships Hawsers are now mostly made of steel
- large heavy rope for nautical use
- A hawser is a large heavy rope, especially one used on a ship. a thick rope or steel cable used on a ship (hauceour, from haucier , from altus )
- Strong rope or steel cable used for securing or mooring ships
- A heavy line used for mooring, kedging, towing, or as a temporary anchor line
- A heavy rope used to tow or tie up a ship to a dock
- a long and usually heavy line or cable "used for securing a ship alongside, or for towing, mooring etc " (Uden & Cooper)
- A rope that is very large in diameter, usually used when docking large vessels
- A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns
- hawser-laid rope
- normal rope in which three strands are laid up against the twist
- hawser-laid ropes
- plural form of hawser-laid rope
- hawser bend
- a knot uniting the ends of two lines
- hawsers
- plural of hawser
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haws·erPronunciation
Etymology
[ 'ho-z&r ] (noun.) 13th century. Middle English, from Anglo-French hauceour, from Middle French haucier to hoist, from Vulgar Latin altiare, from Latin altus high; more at OLD.Resimler
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