steel-wire

Amazon says the new packaging eliminates 36 inches of steel-wire ties; 36 inches of folding carton materials; and 3 1/2 inches of molded styrene.

One step closer to 'frustration-free' packaging 2008

Amazon says the new packaging eliminates 36 inches of steel-wire ties; 36 inches of folding carton materials; and 3 1/2 inches of molded styrene.

One step closer to 'frustration-free' packaging 2008

She had a decent Sony stereo set on a steel-wire hardware-store shelf unit, some CDs spilled around it.

The Town Chuck Hogan 2004

At the same moment, a dark hand snapped out and caught at her wrist with steel-wire strength.

Firestorm L.A Graf 2000

The flesh there was a tangle of thick muscle fibers twined around steel-wire ligaments, with very few sensory organs or other organized structures visible.

Time's Enemy Graf, L. A. 1996

Abdul ran a hundred meters and set it up on the simple steel-wire launcher.

The Cardinal of the Kremlin Clancy, Tom, 1947- 1988

He sent Ferdinand lengthy, highly technical instructions on steel-wire extrusion, and in one such letter, commenting on the deficiency of a Roebling product already in service, there appears what may possibly be a touch of his old humor: Everybody is getting afraid of the carrier rope, so many wires are breaking in it and when they break they make such a noise you can hear it all over.

The Great Bridge David McCullough 1972

All round the room coils of steel-wire were hanging.

Chambers's Elementary Science Readers Book I Various

They were suspended from the hull by wooden struts streamline in shape, and fitted with internal steel-wire ropes; additional wire suspensions were also fitted to distribute the load over a greater length of the ship.

British Airships, Past, Present, and Future George Whale

She was obliged to lay out a long steel-wire hawser, and heave herself over by means of her windlass, the engines working at full speed at the same time.

Across China on Foot Edwin John Dingle 1926