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Hawser (/ˈhɔːzər/) is a
nautical term for a
thick rope used in
mooring or
towing a ship. A
hawser is not waterproof, as is a cable. A
hawser p****es through...
- by his
degenerate brother.
After their alienation, he
turns to
Commodore Hawser Trunnion, who
raises him. Peregrine's
detailed life
experience provides...
- by
means of a
hawser arrangement. Oil
Companies International Marine Forum (OCIMF)
standards are
available for
mooring systems. The
hawser arrangement usually...
- cable. In some rare cases, such as some USN
fleet tugs, a
synthetic rope
hawser may be used for the tow in the
belief that the line can be
pulled aboard...
- misfire.
Hawser cutter: The
hawser cutter is used to cut the
hawser near the ship
after the last
victim is rescued. The
cutter rides along the
hawser and is...
- of
Humphrey Burton, the BBC's
first head of
music and arts, and
Gillian Hawser, an agent, who had
previously married Robert Hill. The
couple did not marry...
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multiply the
pulling force of
sailors when
hauling ropes, cables, and
hawsers. The
principle is
similar to that of the windl****,
which has a horizontal...
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submerging the cable, is not more
strenuous than lowering.
Hawsers are not cables.
Hawsers are
ropes of
arbitrary length woven together to
increase the...
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close to the entrance, then
swung around and grounded, the ship and its
hawser blocking the way into the lake. The
following ships had to
anchor in the...
- was an
American sailor, ship master,
novelist (who used the
pseudonym of
Hawser Martingale),
journalist and politician.
Sleeper spent 22
years in the merchant...
