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Hawser

Nautical mooring line

Nautical mooring line

The hawser is coiled on deck.

Hawser () is a nautical term for a thick rope used in mooring or towing a ship. A hawser is not waterproof, as is a cable. A hawser is an anchor rope, located on the hawse.

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References

  1. [[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language]], third edition, [[Houghton Mifflin]] Company, p. 830 {{Cite American Heritage Dictionary. hawser
  2. "''Cathole'' at dictionary.com".
  3. [[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language]], third edition, [[Houghton Mifflin]] Company, pp. 829–30, {{ISBN. 0-395-44895-6
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