guess-warpn.

/ˈɡɛswɔːp/

Forms: Also Middle English gyes-, 1800s ges-, guest-warp.

Etymology: The first element is of doubtful origin: see quot. 1862 at sense 1 and guest-rope n.); the second is warp n.¹

Nautical.

1. ‘A rope carried to a distant object, in order to warp a vessel towards it, or to make fast a boat’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). By some writers applied to any rope used to attach a boat astern of a vessel.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel

fast1440

mooring chain1485

guess-warp1495

mooring1681

gift-rope1704

moorings1750

mooring-cablea1785

steady-fast1867

1495–7 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 272 Bote roppes for the seid Shippes Grete bote, ij. Gyes warpes, j. Boy ropes, vij.

1730 W. Wriglesworth MS. Log-bk. of ‘Lyell’ 15 July At 3 made a Guess Warp, with the Stream Cable and a 7 Inch Hawser bent to the Stream Anchor.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 33 The boats are..made fast astern, or out to the swinging-booms, by ges-warps.

1862 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 2) 87 In laying out a guesswarp, the whole hawser is taken in the boat, and the end is brought back to the ship, the distance being ‘guessed’.

2. = guest-rope n. 2. Also attributive in guess-warp boom (see quot. 1867).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope for boats coming alongside

guest-rope1794

guess-warp1834

guest-line1926

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. viii. 95 Oblige me by under-running the guess warp.

1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Guest-warp boom, a swinging span (lower studding boom) rigged from the ship's side with a warp for boats to ride by.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vii. 215 A ‘guess warp’ is to be stretched along each ship's sides for boats whilst loading, to ride by.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	guess-warp
释义	guess-warpn. /ˈɡɛswɔːp/ Forms: Also Middle English gyes-, 1800s ges-, guest-warp. Etymology: The first element is of doubtful origin: see quot. 1862 at sense 1 and guest-rope n.); the second is warp n.¹ Nautical. 1. ‘A rope carried to a distant object, in order to warp a vessel towards it, or to make fast a boat’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.). By some writers applied to any rope used to attach a boat astern of a vessel. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel fast1440 mooring chain1485 guess-warp1495 mooring1681 gift-rope1704 moorings1750 mooring-cablea1785 steady-fast1867 1495–7 in M. Oppenheim Naval Accts. & Inventories Henry VII (1896) 272 Bote roppes for the seid Shippes Grete bote, ij. Gyes warpes, j. Boy ropes, vij. 1730 W. Wriglesworth MS. Log-bk. of ‘Lyell’ 15 July At 3 made a Guess Warp, with the Stream Cable and a 7 Inch Hawser bent to the Stream Anchor. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xiv. 33 The boats are..made fast astern, or out to the swinging-booms, by ges-warps. 1862 G. S. Nares Seamanship (ed. 2) 87 In laying out a guesswarp, the whole hawser is taken in the boat, and the end is brought back to the ship, the distance being ‘guessed’. 2. = guest-rope n. 2. Also attributive in guess-warp boom (see quot. 1867). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > rope for boats coming alongside guest-rope1794 guess-warp1834 guest-line1926 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. viii. 95 Oblige me by under-running the guess warp. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Guest-warp boom, a swinging span (lower studding boom) rigged from the ship's side with a warp for boats to ride by. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vii. 215 A ‘guess warp’ is to be stretched along each ship's sides for boats whilst loading, to ride by. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1495
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