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Significats de guy wire en anglès

A cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)

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Examples for "guy"
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Yes, the pension was almost certainly one of that guy's better decisions.
The Irish Times
2
We need to know whether our guy is targeting certain physical types.
Damaged
3
You just said this guy's power is comin' from everybody who's asleep!
Coyote dreams
4
He used to bring his Christmas tree home in it: Interesting guy.
Wired
5
NZ volcano disaster 'waiting to happen' - this guy is absolutely right.
Radio NZ
1
The breed struggled to his knees, supporting himself by a guy rope.
Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest
2
They found the latter holding to a guy rope, Andy's head was spinning.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
3
One of the Navahos leaped high to grasp the guy rope of the crane.
Bloom of Cactus
4
He retreated promptly, but in doing so tripped over a guy rope and went flat.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
5
Each guy rope had been cut in the middle, so that the cordage could not be used again.
The High School Boys' Training Hike
Ús de guy wire en anglès
1
The young inventor went over every bolt, brace, stay, guy wire and upright.
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer; Or, The Quickest Flight on Record
2
Not a stay had started, not a guy wire was loose.
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer; Or, The Quickest Flight on Record
3
On the way down, she hit a guy wire, breaking several bones in a wing.
Reuters
4
Then Dick went in, followed by Jack Butt, who remained to tighten a guy wire that was not just to his satisfaction.
Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
5
The Wallenda's sole mishap was caused by a wet lot, a stake supporting a guy wire slipped out of the wet earth.
The new yorker
6
We'll cut some of the guy wires from the planes and rudders.
Tom Swift and His Airship
7
To ensure rigidity the rudder must be stayed with guy wires.
Flying Machines: Construction and Operation / A Practical Book W...
8
Of course, all guy wires and exposed metal, it did not catch on.
The Guardian
9
But this particular tree had been tied down with guy wires and turnbuckles.
Jurassic Park
10
Yes, I know, but that went for guy wires and bolts.
Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
11
Dozens of thin guy wires anchored the mass for hundreds of feet around.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
12
They are already creeping from all sides up the guy wires.
Conquest of the Useless
13
This rudder is held in position and strengthened by diagonal wires and guy wires.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
14
So am I, but we've got to tighten up some of those guy wires.
Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
15
There were guy wires coming out of the UFO and running down into the trees.
The Report on Unidentified Flying Objects
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The wheel is anchored out by several guy wires.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do