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Definition of wire rope in English: wire ropenoun A length of rope made from wires twisted together as strands. a pair of parallel steel wire ropes mass noun the bridges were wire rope and wood affairs that swung in the slightest breeze Example sentencesExamples - The manila rope would provide the necessary drilling motion and the wire rope, which was less expensive and more durable, would considerably reduce what was a major cost for the rig owner.
- ‘We were building a girder bridge when a wire rope broke,’ he said.
- This morning in snowy Invergordon harbour, he and others were on deck in biting winds hauling in the big wire ropes that tether the ship.
- Ore was brought down, and both the men and the easily loaded freight traveled up in buckets suspended from their wire rope cables.
- The effect is much like making wire rope: one strand is not all that strong, but they gain strength when they are twined together.
Definition of wire rope in US English: wire ropenoun A length of rope made from wires twisted together as strands; cable. a pair of parallel steel wire ropes mass noun the bridges were wire rope and wood affairs that swung in the slightest breeze Example sentencesExamples - ‘We were building a girder bridge when a wire rope broke,’ he said.
- Ore was brought down, and both the men and the easily loaded freight traveled up in buckets suspended from their wire rope cables.
- The effect is much like making wire rope: one strand is not all that strong, but they gain strength when they are twined together.
- This morning in snowy Invergordon harbour, he and others were on deck in biting winds hauling in the big wire ropes that tether the ship.
- The manila rope would provide the necessary drilling motion and the wire rope, which was less expensive and more durable, would considerably reduce what was a major cost for the rig owner.
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