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guess warp

noun

Etymology

Because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.

Definitions

  1. A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or moored.

    • 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.

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