Definitions for hawsepipe

hawsepipe hawse·pipe

Spelling: [hawz-pahyp, haws-]
IPA: /ˈhɔzˌpaɪp, ˈhɔs-/

Hawsepipe is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 221 anagrams from letters in hawsepipe (aeehippsw).

Definitions for hawsepipe

noun

  1. an iron or steel pipe in the stem or bow of a vessel through which an anchor cable passes.

Origin of hawsepipe

First recorded in 1860-65; hawse + pipe1

Examples for hawsepipe

Some time during the night I was awakened by hawsepipe, whose trick at the helm it was.

hawsepipe evidently knew how to construct a raft upon scientific principles.

Thus Mr hawsepipe, in as authoritative a tone as though he were the first luff of a 120-gun ship.

We accordingly returned to the deck and summoned hawsepipe and the doctor to our assistance.

The Rose, with foam midway to the hawsepipe, went shearing alongside the barque within pistol shot.

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