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
The slaves were distressed, and requested we throw them down a hawser, that they might board us.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
