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    hawsehole
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun hawsehole has 1 sense
- hawsehole(n = noun.artifact) hawse, hawsepipe - the hole that an anchor rope passes through; Array is a kind of hole
 
CIDE DICTIONARY
hawsehole, n. 
                                            
                                         a hole in the bow of a ship, through which the anchor rope or cable passes.                                                                                 [1913 Webster]                                                                                                                    
                                                                                    
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