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Hawsehole is a
nautical term for a
small hole in the hull of a ship
through which hawsers may be p****ed. It is also
known as a cat hole. In the (British)...
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hawser is not waterproof, as is a cable. A
hawser p****es
through a
hawsehole, also
known as a cat hole,
located on the hawse. The
American Heritage...
- A cat hole may
refer to: a
hawsehole, a hole on the hull of a ship,
designed for p****ing
hawsers through; or a cathole, a hole dug to
dispose of human...
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derived from the
traditional British Naval usage of "came up
through the
hawsehole",
referring to
sailors who
first entered the ship as
foremast jacks before...
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hawsers is
rampant because both
cables and
hawsers can be used
through the
hawsehole. Cable-laid rope
Oxford Reference Fenna,
Donald (2002), "cable, cable...
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turned to steam, the next
generation of
captains were
climbing up the
hawsehole and
taking command of
their own vessels,
redefining sail
training as a...
- to leeward, or the like."
Instead of
cutting the
anchor by axe at the
hawsehole,
Steel offered an
alternate method of
slipping the
anchor cable if time...
- mounted. The
hawsepieces projected above the deck and, with the
prominent hawseholes, are
thought possibly to be the
origin of the name "bugeye". In the center...
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Joutsen overtook the
steamer with a
towing line
hanging from the
stern hawsehole,
offering to
provide ****istance for the
slower ship.
After stopping briefly...
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Grootzeil (Mainsail) Het Want (Stays)
Kajuit (Cabin) Kiel (Keel)
Kluisgat (
Hawsehole)
Kluiverboom (Jib boom)
Kombuis (Galley)
Kraaienest (Crow's nest) Langszij...
