Related Clues:

• Trainee basics, so to speak
• Ring border
• Rock climbers' needs
• Tug-of-war cords
• Bridge suspenders
• Secures, as an area, with 'off'
• Brooklyn Bridge array
• Span supporters
• Features of suspension bridges
• Borders of boxing rings
• Cord relatives
• Catches at a rodeo
• Things to learn, with 'the'
• Things to learn, with "the"
• Training metaphor