halsa

halsa [ME hals] , (naut.) ‘hawse’, curved final plank(s) of strake. 1366 in ij lignis emptis ad eandem [bargiam] pro ij ~is faciendis KR Ac 19/31 m. 6; 1435 pro v peciis maeremii emptis ‥ circa opus predictum [i. e. balingere] viz. iij kneys et ij ~is Ib. 53/3 m. 9.