guess warp
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Alternative forms
guess-warp
Etymology
Because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.
Noun
guess warp (plural guess warps)
- (nautical, dated) A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or moored.
- 1912, Kyrle Bellew, Short Stories, How I Got on the Stage:
- My foot touched land for the first time for ninety days when I leaped from the rail onto the dolphin at the Dock gates, slipped the end of our guess-warp over the bollard, and sang out to them inboard to take in the slack.
References
- “guess warp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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