English

hawsehole

From hawse + hole.

A compound of hawse + hole

Middle English halse

English hawse

Proto-Germanic *hulaz ‘hollow’

Proto-Germanic *hulą ‘hollow space’

Proto-West Germanic *hol ‘hollow space, cavity’

Old English hol ‘hole, hollow place’

Middle English hole

English hole

Today it means

noun The hole through which a ship's anchor rope is passed.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hawsehole