locked-wire rope

noun

variants or locked-coil wire rope

: a rope especially adapted for haulage and rope transmission having a smooth cylindrical surface and made by drawing the outer wires to such shape that each one interlocks with the other so that the wires lie in concentric layers about a wire core

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