hawser in a sentence

Examples

1. She was towed for a time by the " Irene " but after three hours the hawser parted.
2. Markson and Snicket escape from the lighthouse by climbing down a hawser that connects the lighthouse to the Sallis mansion.
3. Breen also testified Wednesday that the tug's hawser _ the tow rope woven from synthetic fibers _ never sinks.
4. The second winch is a traction machine capable of handling up to synthetic hawsers used for smaller, shorter distance tows.
5. Using a combination of oars and hand hauling on the hawser and aided by men on shore controlling the stern line.
6. All 102 passengers were ordered to the lifeboats after an attempt to connect a towing hawser from another vessel also failed.
7. Using rockets a hawser was made fast and by two o'clock 102 people had been landed by breeches buoy.
8. Such equipment included heavy anchors for kedging ( hauling ) ships off reefs, heavy hawsers and chain, blocks and tackle.
9. Hawser systems use either one or two ropes depending on the largest size of vessel which would be moored to the buoy.
10. The current coat of arms consists of an anchor with a hawser placed on top of a white, red and green shield.