hawsehole

2 definitions found

hawsehole - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  hawsehole \hawse"hole`\, hawsepipe \hawse"pipe`\n.
     a hole in the bow of a ship, through which the anchor rope or
     cable passes.
  
     Syn: hawse, hawsepipe.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

hawsehole - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  hawsehole
      n 1: the hole that an anchor rope passes through [syn: hawse,
           hawsehole, hawsepipe]