Hawser
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Item #16 in this diagram is the hawser.
Hawser is a nautical term for a thick cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship.[1] [2] A hawser passes through a hawsehole or cat hole,[3] located on the hawse.[4]
References
- ↑ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 830 (ISBN 0-395-44895-6)
- ↑ ""Hawser at dictionary.com"". http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hawser.
- ↑ ""Cathole at dictionary.com"". http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cathole.
- ↑ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 829-830 (ISBN 0-395-44895-6)
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