Wire Rope 2 : (Mat Hand; Techn) Steel rope made by twisting or laying a number of strands over a central core, the strands themselves being formed by twisting together steel wires
Ralph W. Burklin & Robert G. Purington, Fire Terms: A Guide to Their Meaning and Use, National Protection Association, Boston, MA 1980 USA. (Guide: Meaning and Use, Nat Prot Association Fr Srvc - Amer) {457}