Usually means: Rope used for guidance, stability.
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  1. guide rope: Merriam-Webster
  2. guide rope: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. guide rope: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. guide rope: Collins English Dictionary
  5. guide rope: Vocabulary.com
  6. guide-rope, guide rope: Wordnik
  7. guide rope: Wiktionary
  8. guide rope: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Guide rope, guide rope: Dictionary.com
  10. guide rope: Rhymezone
  11. guide rope: FreeDictionary.org
  12. guide rope: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. guide rope: TheFreeDictionary.com

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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.

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