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hawse⋅pipe

  [hawz-pahyp, haws-]
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–noun Nautical.
an iron or steel pipe in the stem or bow of a vessel through which an anchor cable passes.
Origin:
1860–65; hawse + pipe 1
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hawsepipe

noun
the hole that an anchor rope passes through [syn: hawse] 
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