hawser
{{Short description|Nautical mooring line}}
File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A16341.jpg handling a coil of {{convert|16|in|mm}} towing hawser (rope) at the Royal Navy's Naval Stores Department, Nore, Harwich, which supplies all sea-going ships with the stores and provisions that they need. Note that the coil is bigger than the men and they need a trolley to transport it.]]
Hawser ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɔː|z|ər}}) is a nautical term for a thick rope used in mooring or towing a ship.The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 830 {{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|hawser}} A hawser is not waterproof, as is a cable.
A hawser passes through a hawsehole, also known as a cat hole,{{cite web|url= http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cat-hole |title=Cathole at dictionary.com}} located on the hawse.The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 829–30, {{ISBN|0-395-44895-6}}
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