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Nov 29, 2009
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guide' rope"




1. a rope fastened, usually at an angle, to a hoisting or towing line, to guide the object being moved.
2. Aeron.a long rope hung downward from a balloon and trailing along the ground, used to regulate the altitude of the balloon and to act as a brake.

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