Definitions for hawsers

hawsers haw·ser

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

Hawsers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 158 anagrams from letters in hawsers (aehrssw).

Definitions for hawsers

noun

  1. a heavy rope for mooring or towing.

Origin of hawsers

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 hawsers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Word Value for hawsers
Scrable

12

Words with friends

11

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