hawser

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

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

Very strong steel hawsers with hooks on the ends of them were lowered from the front and rear of each helicopter.

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.

She found him in his shorts, lying in the hammock that he had hung from the beams with a ship's hawser.