English Dictionary

through the hawsehole

prep_phrase

(nautical, slang) Of an officer: having risen from the grade of an ordinary seaman, whose original position in the vessel was forward, before the mast.

The anchor was dropped through the hawsehole.

意味（1）

(nautical, slang) Of an officer: having risen from the grade of an ordinary seaman, whose original position in the vessel was forward, before the mast.