Hawser

Hawser is a nautical term for a thick cable or rope used in mooring or towing a ship.[1] A hawser passes through a hawsehole, also known as a cat hole,[2] located on the hawse.[3]

Supply ratings handling a coil of 16 inch 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.

The hawser is coiled on deck.

References

The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 830 "hawser". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
"Cathole at dictionary.com".
The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 829-830 (ISBN 0-395-44895-6)

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[1] The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, p. 830 "hawser". The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (5th ed.). Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

[2] "Cathole at dictionary.com".

[3] The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, third edition, Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 829-830 (ISBN 0-395-44895-6)