# hause

> English word · Noun · IPA /hɔːs/

## Definitions
1. Obsolete form of hawse.
2. A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/hause