wire rope
a rope made of or containing strands of wire twisted together.
Origin of wire rope
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How to use wire rope in a sentence
In the case of wire rope it is the firmness with which the metal holds together that gives it its great resisting strength.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousAnother wire rope with a travelling carriage took out the links.
The endless wire rope takes the cars out and returns them, dispensing with the use of train riders.
Triel possesses an imposing thirteenth-century Gothic church and an abominably ugly suspension-bridge of wire rope.
The Automobilist Abroad | M. F. (Milburg Francisco) MansfieldA wire rope passing round the swinging circle and connected to the piston rods operated by two long steam cylinders.
Steam Shovels and Steam Shovel Work | E. A. Hermann
British Dictionary definitions for wire rope
rope made of strands of wire twisted together
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