hawser
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++haw·ser /ˈhɔːzə $ ˈhɒːzər/ noun [countable] technical TTWa thick rope or steel cable used on a ship 〔船上用的〕缆绳；钢缆
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hawser• Above, below and around them, girders and hawsers criss-crossed an apparently boundless gulf.• Finally one end of the hawser was fastened to the bank, and the makeshift life raft was dispatched.Origin hawser (1200-1300) Anglo-French hauceour, from Old French haucier “to lift”, from Latin altus “high”haw·ser nounChineseSyllable
on or a Corpus cable ship steel a used thick rope
hawser
haw‧ser /ˈhɔːzə $ ˈhɒːzər/
noun [countable] technical
haw‧ser /ˈhɔːzə $ ˈhɒːzər/
noun [countable] technical Date: 1200-1300
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: hauceour, from Old French haucier 'to lift', from Latin altus 'high'
a thick rope or steel cable used on a ship
Language: Anglo-French
Origin: hauceour, from Old French haucier 'to lift', from Latin altus 'high'