The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
hawsehole \hawse"hole`\, hawsepipe \hawse"pipe`\n. a hole in the bow of a ship, through which the anchor rope or cable passes. Syn: hawse, hawsepipe. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
hawsepipe n 1: the hole that an anchor rope passes through [syn: hawse, hawsehole, hawsepipe]