guest-ropeguess-ropen.

Forms: Also 1600s gest-, ghest-rope.

Etymology: The first element is of doubtful form and origin; it has been referred to guest n. (‘a rope to assist guests in coming on board’; but this suits sense 2 only) and to guess n. (compare quot. 1862 at guess-warp n. 1).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈguest-rope.

1. A second rope, fastened to a boat in tow, to keep it steady.

ΘΚΠ

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

guest-rope1620

gift-rope1704

1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 10 The boighrope, boatrope, guestrope [etc.].

1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 14 The boy rope, guest rope, the cat rope.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vi. 28 The Ghest rope is added to the Boat rope when shee is towed at the ships sterne, to keepe her from shearing.

1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. at Bluff The Roape by which it [a long boate] is towed at the Ships sterne, is called the Boate roape, to which, to keepe the boate from sheering, we adde an other, which we call a Gest-roape.

1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 113 The Guess-rope, which is also made fast to the Boat to keep her directly in the Wake of the Ship.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Hale à-bord, the boat-rope, or guess-rope of a boat's moorings.

1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Guest-rope, the rope by which a boat is kept steady while in tow.

2. A stout rope slung outside a vessel fore and aft, formerly also fastened to the end of a boom, to give a hold for boats coming alongside.

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

1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 172 Guest-rope is fastened to an eye-bolt in the ship's side, and to the outer end of a boom projecting from the ship's side, by guys, to keep the boats clear off the sides.

1848 G. Biddlecombe Art of Rigging 27.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	guest-rope
释义	guest-ropeguess-ropen. Forms: Also 1600s gest-, ghest-rope. Etymology: The first element is of doubtful form and origin; it has been referred to guest n. (‘a rope to assist guests in coming on board’; but this suits sense 2 only) and to guess n. (compare quot. 1862 at guess-warp n. 1).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈguest-rope. 1. A second rope, fastened to a boat in tow, to keep it steady. ΘΚΠ 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 guest-rope1620 gift-rope1704 1620 J. Taylor Praise of Hemp-seed 10 The boighrope, boatrope, guestrope [etc.]. 1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 14 The boy rope, guest rope, the cat rope. 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vi. 28 The Ghest rope is added to the Boat rope when shee is towed at the ships sterne, to keepe her from shearing. 1644 H. Mainwaring Sea-mans Dict. at Bluff The Roape by which it [a long boate] is towed at the Ships sterne, is called the Boate roape, to which, to keepe the boate from sheering, we adde an other, which we call a Gest-roape. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 113 The Guess-rope, which is also made fast to the Boat to keep her directly in the Wake of the Ship. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Hale à-bord, the boat-rope, or guess-rope of a boat's moorings. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Guest-rope, the rope by which a boat is kept steady while in tow. 2. A stout rope slung outside a vessel fore and aft, formerly also fastened to the end of a boom, to give a hold for boats coming alongside. 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 1794 D. Steel Elements & Pract. Rigging & Seamanship I. 172 Guest-rope is fastened to an eye-bolt in the ship's side, and to the outer end of a boom projecting from the ship's side, by guys, to keep the boats clear off the sides. 1848 G. Biddlecombe Art of Rigging 27. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1620
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