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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (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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- noun nautical A
rope orhawser by which avessel istowed .
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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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