"large rope used for mooring, towing, etc.," late 13c., from Anglo-French haucer, from Old French halcier, haucier, literally "hoister," from Vulgar Latin *altiare, alteration of Late Latin altare "make high," from altus "high" (see old). Altered in English on mistaken association with hawse and perhaps haul.
例文
1. The fingers were pinched under a hawser .
大きなケーブルの下に指が挟まれている。dd>
2.There 's a new hawser faked down there.
そこに新しいケーブルディスクが巻きつけられている。
3.On the other side of the hawser was a hostile knot of young dockers.
ケーブルの向こうには敵意に満ちた埠頭労働者たちがいた。
4.An opening in the bow of a ship through which a cable or hawser is passed.
1人で船内やキャビンに座っていて、船首や船首に向かっていて、右側が右舷だった。
5.Pay out the hawser fast.I do not want that anchor to drag.