Definition of Hawsepiper. Meaning of Hawsepiper. Synonyms of Hawsepiper

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- Hawsepiper is an informal maritime industry term used to refer to a merchant ship's officer who began his or her career as an unlicensed merchant seaman...
- p****es through. Hawsepiper refers to climbing up the hawsepipe, a nautical metaphor for climbing up the ship's rank structure. Hawsepiper is considered...
- p****es through. Hawsepiper refers to climbing up the hawsepipe, a nautical metaphor for climbing up the ship's rank structure. Hawsepiper is considered...
- lowest grade to officer was said to have "come in at the hawsehole". Hawsepiper "The Visual Dictionary, "P****enger Liner"". "Cathole at dictionary.com"...
- a U.S. naval services "Mustang" who went from enlisted to officer. A hawsepiper earns their officer's license by attaining the required sea time as a...
- a comprehensive license examination before being issued the license. Hawsepiper is an informal term referring to an officer who did not attend a maritime...
- were said to have gone from "one end of the ship to the other". See also hawsepiper. belay 1.  To make fast a line around a ****ing, usually a cleat or belaying...