Added 10 October 2026 hawsehole noun Categories: ThingsObscure Words noun ! Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about hawsehole at Wordnik → Where our words come from → The hole through which a ship's anchor rope is passed. A hole in a ship through which a hawser is passed. Origin From hawse + hole. From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA) Related Words: hawsepipehawsehalsehawse-pipehausecatholehawserhalserhelm-porthamron Back to today's word