hawser

Example Sentences

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Bollards were first used in a maritime setting, where they were immovable objects to which a ship could safely lash its hawser after docking.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2022

Falling to the floor behind her was a braid as thick as a hawser.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2021

He saved nearly 40 lives by diving into the churning seas with a rope, then used it to pull a thick hawser taut between the yacht and the beach as a lifeline for survivors.

From The Guardian • Jan. 1, 2019

Another heading wide of off, and Strauss - his huge forearms like lengths of steel hawser - lifts blade away from trouble.

From BBC • May 27, 2010

He tied one end of a hawser to a pillar and passed the other about the roundhouse top, taking the slack up, so that no one’s toes could touch the ground.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer