Hawser

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a cable or heavy rope used to tow or moor a ship
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A large rope made of three strands each containing many yarns.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Nautical, a cable; especially, a small cable, or a large rope in size between a cable and a tow-line, used in warping, etc.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. large heavy rope for nautical use
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    rope   
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    rope   
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