{{Short description|Nautical mooring line}} [[File:The Royal Navy during the Second World War A16341.jpg|thumb|Supply ratings handling a coil of {{convert|16|in|mm}} towing hawser (rope) at the Royal Navy's Naval Stores Department, Nore, 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 used in mooring or towing a ship.<ref>The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 830 {{Cite American Heritage Dictionary|hawser}}</ref> A hawser is not waterproof, as is a 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, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 829–30, {{ISBN|0-395-44895-6}}</ref>
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