As the name implies, a hawser was originally a heavy, vegetable fibre, cable-laid rope which was led through the hawsepipe for use in connection with the ship's anchors, or for towing.
Nanjengoko lisitsho igama, intambo enkulu yentsimbi yayinzima kuqala, usinga lomfuno, intsontelo eyondlalwe kwikheyibhuli ene-ankile yenqanawa ekhokelelwe kumbhobho wamanzi ukwenzela ukuba isetyenziswe ne-ankile yenqanawa, okanye nesitsali.