guide rope

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Synonyms: guide ropes

Antonyms: guide ropes

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Noun

1. A rope hung from a [[balloon]] or [[dirigible]] so as to 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]].

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