Usually means: Cords used for stability, guidance.
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  1. guide ropes: Merriam-Webster
  2. guide ropes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. guide ropes: Vocabulary.com
  4. guide-ropes: Wordnik
  5. guide ropes: Wiktionary
  6. guide ropes: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See guide_rope as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (guide rope)

noun:  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.
▸ Also see guide_rope


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