Wire rope

A steel wire rope used for winding in shafts and underground haulages. Wire ropes are made from medium carbon steels. Various constructions of wire rope are designated by the ...

wire rope

Construction; Bridge

A rope made of small strands of twisted wire often with a cotton or hemp center.

wire rope sales representative

Professional careers; Occupational titles

A professional who sells wire rope and cable for use in towing, hoisting, and related activities to logging companies, construction contractors, marine supply houses, and similar ...

wire-rope fabrication supervisor

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A professional who supervises and coordinates activities of workers engaged in spooling and stranding wire rope, and swaging fittings onto rope slings. Responsibilities include: * ...

fairlead

Boat; Sailboat

Any fitting used to guide or change direction of a line, giving it a "fair lead" in its travel. Fairleads pre vent chafing as well.

eye strap

Boat; Sailboat

A metal strap fitting shaped to form an "eye" which can be used to secure a fitting or line.

downhaul

Boat; Sailboat

Any line designed to haul down something, for example the downhaul used to pull down on the gooseneck when on a slide, or a "Cunningham".

diamond spreader

Boat; Sailboat

An intermediate spreader and stay arrangement to reinforce the mast, with the configuration forming a "diamond" shape. The stays do not attach to the boat, only to the mast.

daggerboard trunk

Boat; Sailboat

The case or the housing in the boat for the daggerboard.

deadeye

Boat; Sailboat

An eye fitting which secures the "deadend" (knotted or spliced) or standing end of a line.

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Pen Liyuan

Peng Liyuan (born November 20, 1962) is a popular Chinese folk music singer and the wife of Chinese leader, Xi Jinping. She became China's first lady ...