wire rope

noun

1. a rope made of or containing strands of wire twisted together.

wire rope

noun

1. rope made of strands of wire twisted together

Word History and Origins

Origin of wire rope¹

First recorded in 1835–45

Example Sentences

In the case of wire rope it is the firmness with which the metal holds together that gives it its great resisting strength.

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Another wire rope with a travelling carriage took out the links.

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The endless wire rope takes the cars out and returns them, dispensing with the use of train riders.

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Triel possesses an imposing thirteenth-century Gothic church and an abominably ugly suspension-bridge of wire rope.

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A wire rope passing round the swinging circle and connected to the piston rods operated by two long steam cylinders.

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