Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗adj
In a position relative to the course and position of a vessel, somewhat forward of the stem.
adv
Lying to two anchors, streamed from either bow.
verb
To lie uneasily to an anchor, typically due to a weather tide.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe part of the bow containing the hawseholes. · A hawsehole or hawsepipe. · The horizontal distance or area between an anchored vessel's bows and the actual position of her anchor(s).
Alteration of Middle English halse, from Old Norse hals (“neck”) (compare Icelandic háls (“neck”)).
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