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ELBOW in the hawse
ELBOW in the hawse, a particular twist in the cables by which a ship rides at anchor. In this situation each of the cables, after crossing the other before the stem, is directed outwards on the same bow from which it issued: that is to say, the starboard cable grows out on the starboard bow, and the larboard cable on the larboard bow, as exhibited in fig. 36. Plate II. where a expresses the fore-castle, b the stem, c c the larboard cable, and d d the starboard one. See the article HAWSE.
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© Derived from Thomas Cadell's new corrected edition, London: 1780, page 104, 2003
Prepared by Paul Turnbull
http://southseas.nla.gov.au/refs/falc/0467.html