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/hɔːzə/ · noun
(nautical) A thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship..
Near-synonym: mooring line
The hawser was as taut as a bowstring, and the current so strong she pulled upon her anchor. All around the hull, in the blackness, the rippling current bubbled and chattered like a little mountain stream.
A hatchet to my hawser? all adrift to go?
Use hawser when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hawser means (nautical) A thick or heavy-duty cable or rope used to tow or moor a ship..
Common synonyms include mooring line.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Near-synonym: mooring line
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