wire rope

On the other hand, the acrobat on the wire-rope dare not trust his visual sensations in the maintenance of his equilibrium.

A system of this kind can be worked electrically, the wire-rope being employed also for the conveyance of the current.

Is a man going to lay out dollars on dams and wire-rope slings when he knows that none of them will be any use to him?

All life died out in the vessel, and no noise was heard except the dull grating of the wire-rope over the wheels at the bows.