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