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Significados de guy wire en inglés

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

Uso de guy wire en inglés
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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
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Not a stay had started, not a guy wire was loose.
Tom Swift and His Sky Racer; Or, The Quickest Flight on Record
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On the way down, she hit a guy wire, breaking several bones in a wing.
Reuters
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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
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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
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We'll cut some of the guy wires from the planes and rudders.
Tom Swift and His Airship
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To ensure rigidity the rudder must be stayed with guy wires.
Flying Machines: Construction and Operation / A Practical Book W...
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Of course, all guy wires and exposed metal, it did not catch on.
The Guardian
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But this particular tree had been tied down with guy wires and turnbuckles.
Jurassic Park
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Yes, I know, but that went for guy wires and bolts.
Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
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Dozens of thin guy wires anchored the mass for hundreds of feet around.
Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator
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They are already creeping from all sides up the guy wires.
Conquest of the Useless
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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
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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
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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