Definitions for hawser

hawser haw·ser

Spelling: [haw-zer, -ser]
IPA: /ˈhɔ zər, -sər/

Hawser is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 121 anagrams from letters in hawser (aehrsw).

Definitions for hawser

noun

  1. a heavy rope for mooring or towing.

Origin of hawser

1300-50; Middle English haucer Anglo-French hauceour, equivalent to Middle French hauci(er) to hoist (Late Latin *altiāre to raise, derivative of Latin altus high; see

Examples for hawser

The keeping the hove-in part of a cable or hawser clear of the capstan.

A contrivance for sending a hawser from a stranded vessel to the shore.

The brave mate was seen to cling to the hawser, and work his way back.

Leaping on to it, the boatswain and Lizard made fast the hawser.

The hawser, however, parted, and with it the last hope of escape.

Stand fast, secure all, when a hawser has been sufficiently hauled.

At the other end was a hawser which the boat now towed towards the rock.

Whether any saved themselves on it, the two clinging to the hawser could not see.

He knew besides such words as "hawser," "bulkhead" and "ebb-tide."

But how do you make a leaf into a cord, a hawser, a sail, or a bag?

Word Value for hawser
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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