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guy wire

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Noun1.guy wire - a cable, wire, or rope that is used to brace something (especially a tent)
guy cable, guy rope, guy
bracing, brace - a structural member used to stiffen a framework
collapsible shelter, tent - a portable shelter (usually of canvas stretched over supporting poles and fastened to the ground with ropes and pegs); "he pitched his tent near the creek"


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Sarah Weeks's three books about thirteen-year-old Guy Strang have all been reviewed in these pages, but the fourth and most recent, Guy Wire (Geringer/HarperCollins), is reviewed in the current Guide.
Thinking outside the barrel. (The Other Stuff) by Sieruta, Peter D. / The Horn Book Magazine
But those power lines were knocked down when a tractor hit a guy wire supporting a utility pole, not by the wind, fire officials said.
WINDS SWEEP MOJAVE; GUSTS AT AIRPORT MEASURE 80 MPH by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The device fell, breaking a guy wire and causing the tower to fall.
3 WORKERS KILLED WHEN TV TOWER CRASHES IN HIGH WIND by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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