Guess warp

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 23:59:56

Guess" warp" (?). Naut.

A rope or hawser by which a vessel is towed or warped along; -- so called because it is necessary to guess at the length to be carried in the boat making the attachment to a distant object.

 

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