hawser

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman haucer, from Old French haucier, halcier, from Vulgar Latin *helciaria, from Latin helcium (“collar harness”). Altered in English by mistaken association with hawse and perhaps haul. Compare French aussière, haussière.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɔːzə(r)

Noun

hawser (plural hawsers)

(nautical) a cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship
- 1883: Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island
  The hawser was as taut as a bowstring - so strong she pulled upon her anchor.
- 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 26,
  A hatchet to my hawser? all adrift to go?

Translations

cable

Danish: trosse (da) c
Dutch: tros (nl) m
Finnish: touvi (fi), trossi
French: aussière (fr) f
Galician: guindareza f
German: Trosse (de) f, Tau (de) n
Ido: amaro (io)
Italian: canapo m, cima (it) f

Maori: torotoro, taura, torokaha, hawa
Norman: aussiéthe f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: trosse m or f

Nynorsk: trosse f
Polish: cuma (pl) f
Russian: перли́нь (ru) m (perlínʹ), трос (ru) m (tros), шварто́в (ru) m (švartóv)
Spanish: cabo (es) m

Anagrams

Washer, rewash, washer, whares

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