Definition of "guiding"

The cable used for hauling the wagons on the incline may still be seen, but several of the guiding rollers have disappeared.

1947 March and April, “Notes and News: The Edge Hill Light Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 116

That's far from the promised land set out in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, that the railways would have a guiding mind that would be in control of the industry's finances. Businesses have what is called a profit and loss account, showing both revenue and costs, but the current situation means that the two sides of the system are in different hands - and neither is (as yet) in the hands of a 'guiding mind'.

2022 November 16, Christian Wolmar, “Can Merriman use his rail knowledge to make a difference?”, in RAIL, number 970, page 45

Butler was ready to consider any proposition which would save her; but it must be a sound one—one not open to her whimsical moods or the guidings or leadings of romance.

1912, Theodore Dreiser, The Financier

Daisy Gordon Low then established two Girl Guide troops in poor sections of central London. Her belief was growing that guiding could serve many beneficial ends.

2002, Robert T. Grimm, Notable American Philanthropists, page 189