guide rope

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noun

a rope fastened, usually at an angle, to a hoisting or towing line, to guide the object being moved.

Aeronautics. a long rope hung downward from a balloon and trailing along the ground, used to regulate the altitude of the balloon and to act as a brake.

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Origin of guide rope

First recorded in 1815–25

Words nearby guide rope

guideline, guidepost, Guider, guide rail, guide right, guide rope, guide vanes, guideway, guide word, Guido, Guido d'Arezzo

How to use guide rope in a sentence

I've seen video of that satirical guide to SXSW in 1998 where you asked a bunch of bands odd questions.
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Objectively, they are not just riding with the tide, but helping to guide its very direction.
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She tugged on the black rope that wrapped around his thighs and torso, her leather gloves creaking with each adjustment.
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It occurred to him then, for the first time, that a third resource was open—he might cut the rope, and let the kite go free!
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This, of course, I always gave to the guide to use in sending the letter when he got to the trading-post.
The Boarded-Up House|Augusta Huiell Seaman
Once the rope got tangled around Squinty's foot, and he jumped over it to get free.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
All this while Squinty was chewing on the apple which he had picked up from the ground after he had jumped over the rope.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
He said something laughingly to the head guide to the effect that climbing was good sport and a fine test for the nerves.
Uncanny Tales|Various

British Dictionary definitions for guide rope

guide rope

noun

a stay or rope attached to another rope that is lifting a load, either to steady the load or guide the rope

another name for dragrope (def. 2)

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