Guide Rope - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: guide ropeGuide rope
A rope hung from a balloon or dirigible so as trail along the ground for about half its length used to preserve altitude automatically by variation of the length dragging on the ground without loss of ballast or gas...
Drag line
A guide rope...
Rope-dancers
Rope-dancers. Unlicensed booths and stages for rope-dancers and mountebanks are public nuisances, and may, upon indictment, be suppressed, and the keepers of them fined, 1 Hawk. P.C. 75, s. 6....
Guide
A person who leads or directs another in his way or course as in a strange land one who exhibits points of interest to strangers a conductor also that which guides a guidebook...
Ropes end
To punish with a ropes end...
Rope yarn
the yarn or thread of any stuff of which the strands of a rope are made...
guy
A rope chain or rod attached to anything to steady it as a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered a rope which holds in place the end of a boom spar or yard in a ship a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure as of a derrick and extending obliquely to the ground where it is fastened...
Fair leader
A block or ring serving as a guide for the running rigging or for any rope...
Cordage
Ropes or cords collectively hence anything made of rope or cord as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes...
ballistic missile
A rocket propelled missile of long range which is guided only during the powered portion of its flight which usually takes only a small part of the total flight time contrasted with guided missile...
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