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See also: Hause
English
Etymology
A variant, like hawse (“part of a vessel's bow containing hawseholes”), of Middle English halse (“neck”); see hawse for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
hause (plural hauses)
- (nautical) Obsolete form of hawse.
- (Scotland, Northern England) A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass.
Further reading
- James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Hause”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. "hause, hawse (hǭs). Sc. and north. dial. [mod. northern dial. form of HALSE neck, used in a special sense.] A narrower and lower neck or connecting ridge between two heights or summits; a col."
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German
Pronunciation
Verb
hause
- inflection of hausen:
Scots
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
hause (plural hauses)
Derived terms
- hausebane (“collarbone”)
- hauselock (“the wool on a sheep's neck”)
- hause-pipe (“throat, windpipe”)
Verb
hause (third-person singular simple present hauses, present participle hausin, simple past haused, past participle haused)
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