# Hawser

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{{Short description|Nautical mooring line}}
[[File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A16341.jpg|thumb|Supply [ratings](/source/Naval_rating) handling a coil of {{convert|16|in|mm}} towing hawser (rope) at the [Royal Navy](/source/Royal_Navy)'s Naval Stores Department, Nore, [Harwich](/source/Harwich), which supplies all of the Royal Navy's 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.]]
thumb|The hawser is coiled on deck.
'''Hawser''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|h|ɔː|z|ər}}) is a nautical term for a thick [rope](/source/rope) used in [mooring](/source/mooring) or [towing](/source/towing) a [ship](/source/ship).<ref>[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language](/source/The_American_Heritage_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language), third edition, [Houghton Mifflin](/source/Houghton_Mifflin) Company, p. 830 {{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|hawser}}</ref>   A hawser is not waterproof, as is a [cable](/source/Nautical_cable).
A hawser is an anchor rope,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cat-hole |title=''Cathole'' at dictionary.com}}</ref> located on the hawse.<ref>[The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language](/source/The_American_Heritage_Dictionary_of_the_English_Language), third edition, [Houghton Mifflin](/source/Houghton_Mifflin) Company, pp. 829–30, {{ISBN|0-395-44895-6}}</ref>

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==External links==
* {{commons category-inline|Hawser ropes}}

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