hause

noun — 2 senses

hause

noun

UK /hɔːs/

Etymology A variant, like hawse (“part of a vessel's bow containing hawseholes”), of Middle English halse (“neck”); see hawse for more.

1

Nautical, Transport Obsolete Obsolete form of hawse.

2

Northern England, Scotland A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass.

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