Hawser

Hawser (/ˈhɔːzər/) is a nautical term for a thick rope used in mooring or towing a ship.^[1] A hawser is not waterproof, as is a cable. A hawser passes through a hawsehole, also known as a cat hole,^[2] located on the hawse.^[3]

Supply ratings handling a coil of 16 inches (410 mm) towing hawser (rope) at the Royal Navy's Naval Stores Department, Nore, Harwich, which supplies all sea-going ships with the stores and provisions that they need. Note that the coil is bigger than the men and they need a trolley to transport it.

The hawser is coiled on deck.

References

1. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 830 "hawser". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). HarperCollins.
2. "Cathole at dictionary.com".
3. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 829–30, ISBN 0-395-44895-6

External links

• Media related to Hawser ropes at Wikimedia Commons