† gift-ropen.
Nautical. Obsolete.
= guest-rope n., guess-warp n.
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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > for securing vessel
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mooring chain1485
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steady-fast1867
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > ropes or chains other than rigging or cable > [noun] > tow-rope > second rope, to keep tow steady
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1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Gift-rope is the Boat-Rope, which is fastened to the Boat when she is swifted, in order to her being towed at the Stern of a Ship.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Chest-rope, in a ship, is the same with the guest or gift-rope.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Gift-rope (synonymous with guest-rope), a rope for boats at the guest-warp boom. [Not known to two nautical experts consulted.]
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