A hawser () is 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 A hawser is not waterproof, as is a cable. A hawser is an anchor rope, located on the hawse.The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 829–30,
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