hawser
‘large rope used for mooring, towing, etc’
Lexical development traced from the Tamil root:
E. hauceour, haucer, hawser, hasser < A.F. haucer < O.F. halcier, haucier ‘hoister’ < Vulgar Lat. altiare < La.Lat. altare ‘make high’ < altus ‘high’ < awz < al- < Tamil al