Meaning

2 senses
  1. The hole through which a ship's anchor rope is passed.

    Klüse

    the hole that an anchor rope passes through

  2. A hole in a ship through which a hawser is passed.

Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
nautical: hole for anchor rode:

Origin

From hawse + hole.

From hawse + hole.

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Forms

plural: hawseholes

Synonyms

3 synonyms
hole through which a hawser is passed:cathole
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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