guy wires
Tower anchoring lines
Guy wires are cables or ropes anchored to the ground to stabilize tall structures—radio towers, telephone poles, circus tents, ship masts.
They extend diagonally from the structure to anchor points, providing lateral support against wind and other forces.
The verb guy means to secure with such wires: The tent was guyed at all four corners.
Heavy ropes or wires
- staysRemains in place
- bracesDental alignment devices
- tethersLines limiting movement
- tie-downsStraps securing cargo
stabilizers · supports · moorings · fasteners · rigging · strapping · restraints · attachments
Stretched under tension
- tightenMake more secure
- strainExcessive stretching force
- loadCarried weight or burden
- pullForce toward oneself
stretch · stress · tensile · slack · torque · resistance · elasticity · force
Upright ship poles
- towersTall vertical structures
- pylonsStructural support towers
- polesLong sticks or extremities
- antennasSignal-receiving apparatus
tents · cranes · derricks · smokestacks · flagpoles · radio towers · transmission towers · wind turbines
cables
Heavy ropes or wires
tie-downs · stabilizers · supports · moorings · fasteners · rigging · strapping · restraints · attachments · bindings
taut
Stretched under tension
pull · stretch · stress · tensile · slack · torque · resistance · elasticity · force · rigidity
masts
Upright ship poles
antennas · tents · cranes · derricks · smokestacks · flagpoles · radio towers · transmission towers · wind turbines · circus tents
- broadcastingbroadcasting, TV, radio, television, news
- bonsaibonsai pot, bonsai pots, pruning, repotting, juniper
- circus tentbig top, center pole, tent, canvas walls, sidewalls
- structural supportsbeams, posts, columns, scaffold, girders
- supportsscaffolding, shoring, bracing, props, jacks
- wiringcables, harnesses, bundles, cabling, copper cables
guy wiresmast
Vessel's sail support
tower · pole · antenna tower · flagpole · tent pole
guy wiresbuttresses
External wall supports
strut · flying buttresses · column · support columns · pillar
guide, wire, guy, wired, wires, wiring, guys, wireless, guyed