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Meanings of hawser in English

Russian
швартовы
Portuguese
boça
Spanish
guindaleza

Mooring line.

        швартовы
        Synonyms
        Examples for "mooring line"
        Examples for "mooring line"
        1
        His gaze slid up the mooring line, then unexpectedly locked on hers.
        Burning up
        2
        Apparently he'd caught the mooring line and saved himself from falling.
        The sailcloth shroud
        3
        At a word, two men rushed to unfasten the mooring line.
        Burning up
        4
        Grimy Huey tossed her a mooring line and she tied down her machine.
        The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
        5
        Our pilot steers each one to a different mooring line.
        Earth Unaware
        1
        The mooring rope and the stake were dragging behind in the water.
        Modern Broods; Or, Developments Unlooked For
        2
        Junior was beginning to work loose the knot on the mooring rope.
        Anthill: a novel
        3
        I hung about, ready to make myself useful catching their mooring rope.
        Shadows in Bronze
        4
        She'd thrown her bag into the skiff and was untying the mooring rope.
        The blood spilt
        5
        At last the boat arrived in July, but without the anchor or the mooring rope.
        The new yorker
        Usage of hawser in English
        1
        She tugged too heartily for the length and size of the hawser.
        The U-boat hunters
        2
        Leaping on to it, the boatswain and Lizard made fast the hawser.
        The Voyages of the "Ranger" and "Crusader" / And what befell the...
        3
        Each moment it seemed as if the hawser would be carried away.
        A Yacht Voyage Round England
        4
        Oblige me with a pull of the starboard bow hawser, Mr Jones.
        Peter Simple; and, The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2
        5
        Among other things they had brought a kedge anchor and a hawser.
        The Three Admirals
        6
        Then we'd cast off the hawser, and let the 'Crab' go adrift.
        Hurricane Hurry
        7
        Now, one of you, clear that hawser as they haul on it.
        Among Malay Pirates : a Tale of Adventure and Peril
        8
        The boats had cast off, the towing hawser already trailing in the water.
        Heart of oak
        9
        At nine they carried out the kedge-anchor, but the hawser broke in heaving.
        A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume...
        10
        There is a hauling-line fastened to it, and a hawser to the hauling-line.
        Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
        11
        The towing hawser wound round her screw and stopped her engines.
        A Popular Account of Dr. Livingstone's Expedition to the Zambesi...
        12
        A hawser now ripped itself clear from out the crest of a roller.
        The Veiled Lady, and Other Men and Women
        13
        Ensign MacMasters, after some fishing, secured the loose end of the broken hawser.
        Navy Boys Behind the Big Guns; Or, Sinking the German U-Boats
        14
        He had been helping to fix a hawser at the bows.
        The Beach of Dreams: A Romance
        15
        The ship was clear, and he had not cut a hawser.
        The Silver Horde
        16
        She'll be afoul my hawser in another second, I do believe.
        Sheila of Big Wreck Cove: A Story of Cape Cod
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        Translations for hawser
        Portuguese
        boça
        Spanish
        guindaleza
        Hawser through the time
        Hawser across language varieties
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