hause

== English == === Etymology === A variant, like hawse (“part of a vessel's bow containing hawseholes”), of Middle English halse (“neck”); see hawse for more. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /hɔːs/ === Noun === hause (plural hauses) (nautical) Obsolete form of hawse. (Scotland, Northern England) A col, a lower neck or ridge between two peaks: a mountain pass. === Further reading === James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Hause”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC. "hause, hawse (hǭs). Sc. and north. dial. [mod. northern dial. form of HALSE neck, used in a special sense.] A narrower and lower neck or connecting ridge between two heights or summits; a col." == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈhaʊ̯zə] === Verb === hause inflection of hausen: first-person singular present first/third-person singular subjunctive I singular imperative == Scots == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [hɑːs], [hɔːs] (Northern Scots, Insular Scots) IPA(key): [haːs] === Noun === hause (plural hauses) (anatomy) neck, throat, gullet (geography) defile, narrow passage between hills, the head of a pass ==== Derived terms ==== hausebane (“collarbone”) hauselock (“the wool on a sheep's neck”) hause-pipe (“throat, windpipe”) === Verb === hause (third-person singular simple present hauses, present participle hausin, simple past and past participle haused) to hug, embrace, take in one's arms