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 Definitions of hawser  [ˈhɔ zər, -sər]  

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Definition of 'hawser' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) hawser
a heavy rope for mooring or towing.

Etymology:  (1300–50; ME haucer < AF hauceour= MF hauci(er) to hoist (< LL *altiāre to raise, der. of L altus high; see haughty ) +-our -or2, -er2)

Definition of 'hawser' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) hawser
large heavy rope for nautical use


Definition of 'hawser' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) hawser
a large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns


Translation of 'hawser' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a thick rope or a steel cable for towing ships or tying them to a dock etc.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: tou, skeepskabel Arabic flag Arabic: حَبْل سَميك Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: буксирно котвено въже
Brazilian flag Brazilian: amarra Czech flag Czech: vlečné lano German flag German: die Trosse
Danish flag Danish: trosse; kabel Greek flag Greek: συρματόσχοινο Spanish flag Spanish: guindaleza
Estonian flag Estonian: tross Farsi flag Farsi: طناب فولادي براي نگاهداشت Finnish flag Finnish: touvi
French flag French: câble de remorque Hebrew flag Hebrew: חֶבֶל עֶבה Hindi flag Hindi: जहाज को खींचने का मोटा ता
Croatian flag Croatian: debeo konop za vezanje br Hungarian flag Hungarian: hajókötél Indonesian flag Indonesian: kabel baja
Icelandic flag Icelandic: landfesti Italian flag Italian: cavo d'ormeggio, gomena Japanese flag Japanese: もやい綱
Korean flag Korean: (계선용) 굵은 밧줄 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: lynas Latvian flag Latvian: trose
Malay flag Malay: tali ulup Dutch flag Dutch: meertouw, meerkabel Norwegian flag Norwegian: kabel, trosse
Polish flag Polish: cuma Persian flag Persian: طناب فولادي براي نگاهداشت Pashto flag Pashto: هغه سيمى پړى چه په ګودركى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: amarra Romanian flag Romanian: cablu Russian flag Russian: трос
Slovak flag Slovak: vlečné lano Slovenian flag Slovenian: debela vrv za privezovanj Serbian flag Serbian: brodsko uže
Swedish flag Swedish: tross, kabel, kätting Thai flag Thai: เชือกพวน Turkish flag Turkish: palamar, halat
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 拖船或將船綁在船塢的粗繩或鋼索 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: перлінь, сталевий трос Urdu flag Urdu: جہاز کو کھینچنے والا موٹا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dây cáp Chinese flag Chinese: 粗绳,大缆,系船索

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