guess warp

== English == === 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. === References === “guess warp”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.