cablen.

Brit.

/ˈkeɪbl/, U.S.

/ˈkeɪb(ə)l/

Forms: Middle English kable, Middle English–1600s cabul(le, cabyl, cabil, cabille, cabel, cabell, cabelle, (Middle English–1500s gable, gabyll), Middle English– cable.

Etymology: Middle English cable, cabel, kable, identical with Dutch kabel, Middle Dutch cābel, Middle Low German kabel, Middle High German and German kabel, all apparently < Romanic: compare French câble, Spanish cable, Portuguese cabre, all meaning ‘cable’, Italian cappio sliding knot, noose, gin < late Latin capulum, caplum a halter for catching or fastening cattle, according to Isidore < capĕre to take ‘quod eo indomita jumenta comprehendantur’: compare capulum, capulus, ‘handle, haft’, capulāre to take, catch, etc. (There are difficulties as to French câble , older forms of which were caable , chaable , chéable , châble , which point, through *cadable , to a Latin *catabola a kind of ballista n. for hurling stones, etc., in which sense chaable also occurs: see Cabulus in Du Cange. Littré supposes an early confusion between this and *cable from Isidore's capulum; others think that as the catabola was put in motion with ropes, it may be the real source. But this does not account for the Spanish and Italian words.

a. A strong thick rope, originally of hemp or other fibre, now also of strands of iron wire.Originally a stout rope of any thickness, but now, in nautical use, a cable (of hemp, jute, etc.) is 10 inches in circumference and upwards; ropes of less thickness being called cablets or hawsers. In other than nautical use (see 2), rope is commonly used when the material is hemp or fibre (as in the ‘rope’ by which a train is drawn up an incline), and cable when the material is wire.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > cable

cablec1275

scote1336

gablea1450

gable-ropec1500

cable-rope1523

the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > arm as unit of length > outstretched arms or fathom > one hundred fathoms

cable1535

c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 671 He hihte hondlien kablen [c1300 Otho cables].

c1320 Sir Guy 4613 Sche come..Doun of þe castel in sel~couþe wise Bi on cable alle sleyeliche.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 24848 Þe mast hit shoke þe cablis [Gött. cordis] brast.

c1420 Chron. Vilod. 862 Alle þe gables of þe shippe þey broston a to.

c1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus 33 Þaughe Ialousye wer hanged by a Kable Sheo wolde al knowe.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccles. iv. C A thre folde cable is not lightly broken.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 135 Smal cables for the artillery.

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis viii. 170 He..ouerthrowes With cabels, and innumerable blowes, The sturdy Oke.

1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 13 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) A Cable of three Inches round and of good Stuff, will do better for Coal-work.

1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 336/2 The platform [of a suspension-bridge at the Isle of Bourbon] is suspended from four cables..and each cable consists of fifteen bundles of eighty wires each.

b. figurative.

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a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xviii, in Wks. (1662) 53 The whole Body Politique..should be..a threefold Cable.

1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxix. i. 351 He unfolded..a huge long cable of villanies.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 17 He will..put vpon you what restraint, and greeuance, That law..Weele giue him cable .

c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vi. 2344 Linckt together with sinnes ougly cable.

c. elliptical. A cable-car.

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1892 S. Hale Lett. 269 There are cables, and electrics... I mounted a cable, took a transfer [etc.].

d. it is easier for a cable to go through the eye of a needle, a variant rendering of Matthew 19:24, Mark 10:25, Luke 18:25, adopted by Sir John Cheke, and cited by many writers.[This represents a variant interpretation of Greek κάμηλον in this passage, mentioned already by Cyril of Alexandria in the 5th cent. Subsequently a variant reading κάμῑλον (found in several late cursive manuscripts) was associated with this rendering, and Suidas (? 11th cent.) makes distinct words of κάμῑλος ‘cable’, κάμηλος camel. Some Modern Greek dictionaries have also κάμιλος cable.]

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c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 92 It were as harde for the riche manne to come into heauen, as a great cable or a Camel to go through a nedles eye.

a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xix. 24 It is easier for a cable to passe thorough a nedels eie, ẏen for a rich man to enter in to y^e kingdoom of heaven. [margin] Although y^t Suidas seem to sai κάμιλος to be for a cable roop, and κάμηλος for y^e beest, iet theophylactus..and Celius..taak κάμηλος to be booẏ y^e beest and y^e cable, as moost season agreeabli serveth heer.

1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 540 It is impossible for a Camell (or Cable, that is a great rope of a ship)..to go through a needles eye.

1657 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1695) 49 An honest Clergyman will be When Cable passeth Needles eye.

1840 F. Marryat S.W. & by W. in Olla Podrida If he were as incompetent as a camel (or, as they say at sea, a cable) to pass through the eye of a needle.

e. Short for cable-stitch n. at Compounds 2.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > knitted fabric > stitches > other

stocking-stitch1805

cable pattern1882

cable-stitchc1890

shell-stitch1895

trellis stitch1921

pelerine stitch1924

cable1943

faggoting1974

1943 Mary Thomas's Bk. Knitting Patt. 74 The effect is a vertical Waved Rib, not a Cable.

a. spec. (Nautical) The strong thick rope to which a ship's anchor is fastened; and by transference, anything used for the same purpose, as a chain of iron links ( chain cable).‘Stream-cable, a hawser or rope something smaller than the bower, used to move or hold the ship temporarily during a calm in a river or haven, sheltered from the wind and sea, etc.’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.)

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable

anchor ropeOE

coble?a1400

cablec1400

anchor tow1602

anchor-gable1609

rode1612

anchor line1614

roding1896

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 418 With-outen mast, oþer myke, oþer myry bawe-lyne, Kable, oþer capstan to clyppe to her ankrez.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxvii. 96 Eneas..cutte asondre the cables that with helde the shippe within the hauen.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2848 Þai caste ancres full kene with cables to grounde.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. iv. 4 The Cable broke, the holding-Anchor lost.

1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 30 The Cables also carry a proportion to the Anchors, but if it be not three strond, it is accounted but a Hawser.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Admiral They may be ready to cut or slip the cables when they shall be too much hurried to weigh their anchors.

1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 185 Slip the cable and endeavour to get to sea.

1885 C. Annandale Imperial Dict. (at cited word) Chain-cables have now almost superseded rope-cables.

b. figurative. Also in to cut (the) cable(s): to depart; to make a break.

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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)]

wendeOE

i-wite971

ashakec975

shakeOE

to go awayOE

witea1000

afareOE

agoOE

atwendOE

awayOE

to wend awayOE

awendOE

gangOE

rimeOE

flitc1175

to fare forthc1200

depart?c1225

part?c1225

partc1230

to-partc1275

biwitec1300

atwitea1325

withdrawa1325

to draw awayc1330

passc1330

to turn one's (also the) backc1330

lenda1350

begonec1370

remuea1375

voidc1374

removec1380

to long awaya1382

twinc1386

to pass one's wayc1390

trussc1390

waive1390

to pass out ofa1398

avoida1400

to pass awaya1400

to turn awaya1400

slakec1400

wagc1400

returnc1405

to be gonea1425

muck1429

packc1450

recede1450

roomc1450

to show (a person) the feetc1450

to come offc1475

to take one's licence1475

issue1484

devoidc1485

rebatea1500

walka1500

to go adieua1522

pikea1529

to go one's ways1530

retire?1543

avaunt1549

to make out1558

trudge1562

vade?1570

fly1581

leave1593

wag1594

to get off1595

to go off1600

to put off1600

shog1600

troop1600

to forsake patch1602

exit1607

hence1614

to give offa1616

to take off1657

to move off1692

to cut (also slip) the painter1699

sheera1704

to go about one's business1749

mizzle1772

to move out1792

transit1797–1803

stump it1803

to run away1809

quit1811

to clear off1816

to clear out1816

nash1819

fuff1822

to make (take) tracks (for)1824

mosey1829

slope1830

to tail out1830

to walk one's chalks1835

to take away1838

shove1844

trot1847

fade1848

evacuate1849

shag1851

to get up and get1854

to pull out1855

to cut (the) cable(s)1859

to light out1859

to pick up1872

to sling one's Daniel or hook1873

to sling (also take) one's hook1874

smoke1893

screw1896

shoot1897

voetsak1897

to tootle off1902

to ship out1908

to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909

to push off1918

to bugger off1922

biff1923

to fuck off1929

to hit, split or take the breeze1931

to jack off1931

to piss offa1935

to do a mick1937

to take a walk1937

to head off1941

to take a hike1944

moulder1945

to chuff off1947

to get lost1947

to shoot through1947

skidoo1949

to sod off1950

peel1951

bug1952

split1954

poop1961

mugger1962

frig1965

1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. xi. 165 Pray'r is the Cable, at whose end appeares The Anchor Hope.

1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 22 The grand Banks..shall be the Anchor and Cable of all smaller Banks.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 360/1 Her cable had run out, and she died.

1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 8 June (1954) III. 79 I want to get rid of this house—cut cables and drift about.

1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 30 Jan. (1965) I. 480 By cutting the cable before the supplies are exhausted you will prove that you are not merely making the best of a bad job.

1917 G. B. Shaw Matter with Ireland (1962) 156 Any nation less sheepish than the English would have cut the cable long ago and insisted on having a Parliament of its own for its own affairs.

c. a cable or cable's length, as a unit of measurement, ‘about 100 fathoms; in marine charts 607·56 feet, or one-tenth of a sea mile’ (Adml. Smyth).

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1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 352 Redde cliffes with white strakes like wayes a cable length a piece.

1665 Duke of York's Fight. Instr. xiv To keep about the distance of half a cable from one another.

1702 London Gaz. No. 3844/4 The Two Buoys..being distant near the Length of Two Cables.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Cable,..a measure of 120 fathoms, called by the English seamen a cable's length.

1778 Capt. Miller in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1846) VII. Introd. 159 We got within a cable and a half of her.

1813 R. Southey Life of Nelson (1854) 167 He veered half a cable, and instantly opened a tremendous fire.

1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xi. 26 Within two cable lengths of the shore.

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a. A rope-like line used for submarine telegraphs, containing the wires along which the electric current passes, embedded in gutta percha or other insulating substance, and encased in an external sheathing of strong wire strands, resembling the wire cable of sense 1.

b. A bundle of insulated wires, passing through a pipe laid underground in streets, etc.

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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > [noun] > line > underground

cable1887

1852 Leisure Hour Sept. 591 Complimentary messages were transmitted by means of the cable through the waters to Dover.

1854 Brett Specif. Patent 10,939 . 21 This said cable or rope I denominate my Oceanic Line.

1855 C. Wheatstone in Proc. Royal Soc. 7 328 Experiments made with the submarine cable of the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph.

1858 Times Ann. Summary 89 The unfortunate fracture of the oceanic cable.

1864 W. Crookes Q. Jrnl. Sci. 1 44 The Atlantic Cable and its Teachings.

1865 W. H. Russell Atlantic Telegr. 2 Mr. Wheatstone..as early as 1840 brought before the House of Commons the project of a cable to be laid between Dover and Calais.

1880 Times 17 Dec. 5/6 [She] is reported by cable to have put into St. Thomas.

1887 Telegr. Jrnl. 4 Mar. 203/2 In our system, the cables can be easily drawn out of the iron pipes if occasion demands it.

c. A cable message, a cablegram n.

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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > types of

telotype1850

cablegram1868

cable-message1877

phonogram1880

cable1883

ticking1888

aerogram1890

T.T.1893

petit bleu1898

Marconigram1902

radio-telegram1902

radiogram1903

wireless1903

news flash1904

teleflash1904

lettergram1908

day letter1910

night letter telegram1910

night telegraph letter1912

radio1915

printergram1932

teletype1933

greeting telegram1937

telemessage1941

overnight telegram1955

telex1957

1883 Bread-Winners 175 It riled me to have to pay for two cables.

1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Aug. 11/1 I was desired by my chief in New York to..give them a long ‘cable’.

1886 Daily News 4 June 6/4 The General..had received cables of greeting from the ‘comrades’ in Australasia and America.

d. Short for cable television n. at Compounds 2.

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society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > cable

cable television1965

cablevision1965

cable1970

cabling1979

1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 14/8 Channel 12..announced..that it would fight any attempt to drop it from cable.

1971 T. Ledbetter in Cable Television in Cities 7/1 Cable was first introduced in remote mountainous areas where broadcast TV reception was poor.

1977 Home Office: Rep. Comm. Future of Broadcasting 21 in Parl. Papers 1976–7 (Cmnd. 6753) VI. 1 Cable is bound to give the viewer an increase in the choice of programmes at any given time.

1982 L. Block Eight Million Ways to Die iv. 49 I'm watching a movie on cable.

1983 Listener 12 May 6/3 Cable..is an extremely expensive medium unless one can think of something remunerative which people want and which only cable can do.

1985 Village Voice (N.Y.) 8 Jan. 18/2 Cable's roots, after all, lie in the appropriation of over-the-air television signals..and the reselling of those signals for a profit.

4. Architecture, Goldsmith's work, etc. Also cable-moulding. A convex moulding or ornament made in the form of a rope.

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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration specifically in relief > [noun] > mouldings and grooves

swage1374

ogee1591

mouldure1628

moulding1679

swaging1688

cock bead1778

cock beading1788

bead1799

cable-moulding1859

pearling1883

1859 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. III. i. 9 Norman ornaments..particularly the billet and the cable.

1859 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. IV. vii. 359 The cornice is the cable-moulding on a large scale.

1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 140 The outer edge..is also decorated with a heavy cable-moulding.

5. (See quot. 1877.)

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1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Cable, a long narrow strip of ground.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

(a) (In senses 1, 2.)

cable-chain n.

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1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Aug. 11/2 The cable-chain makers..factory men, who make the marine or cable chains.

cable-coil n.

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1667 Third Advice in Second & Third Advice to Painter 28 See that thou..spoyl All their Sea-markets, and their Cable coyl.

cable-cutting n.

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1897 T. E. Holland Lett. to Times (1909) 138 The question as to the legitimacy of cable-cutting is covered by no precedent.

1897 Daily News 15 Jan. 7/4 Our fleet would deal with cable-cutting craft.

cable-driving adj.

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1887 J. B. Smith Cable Traction 89 The cable-driving drums are 12 ft. in diameter.

cable ferry n.

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1900 Daily News 19 Jan. 5/3 Parties being sent across by the cable ferry.

cable-hoist n.

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1900 Daily News 18 Jan. 5/3 A cable hoist was..established up the slope, enabling ammunition to be brought up.

cable-maker n.

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1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxi. 87 A roper or cable maker.

cable-nipper n.

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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Cable-nipper (Nautical), a device serving to bind the messenger to the cable, and composed of a number of rope-yarns or small stuff marled together.

cable-roots n.

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1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster v. 55 Pynes, whose cable rootes Held out a thousand stormes.

cable-stopper n.

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1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Cable-stopper,..a device to stop the paying out of the cable.

cable-traction n.

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1887Cable traction [see cable-grip n. at Compounds 2].

cable tramway n.

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1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 508/2 Cable tramways. Street tramways worked by means of a wire rope have been in successful operation in San Francisco since 1873... The motive power is transmitted from a stationary engine by a rope of steel wire.

cable-user n.

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1902 Daily Chron. 26 May 4/5 Melbourne and Brisbane merchants and other cable users in Victoria.

(b) (In sense 3.)

cable-advice n.

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1882 Mod. Trade Circular Further cable advices from the Colonies.

cable-despatch n.

cable-layer n.

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1908 Daily Chron. 25 Aug. 3/3 There is only room in the hearts..of men for..one cable-layer.

cable-laying n.

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1901 Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 3/2 The primary object of cable-laying is to facilitate communications.

cable-man n.

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1865 Daily Tel. 19 Aug. 4/4 Mr. Canning showed the cable and the stab to the cablemen.

cable-message n.

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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > types of

telotype1850

cablegram1868

cable-message1877

phonogram1880

cable1883

ticking1888

aerogram1890

T.T.1893

petit bleu1898

Marconigram1902

radio-telegram1902

radiogram1903

wireless1903

news flash1904

teleflash1904

lettergram1908

day letter1910

night letter telegram1910

night telegraph letter1912

radio1915

printergram1932

teletype1933

greeting telegram1937

telemessage1941

overnight telegram1955

telex1957

1877 Daily News 3 Nov. 6/5 The following cable message has been received..from New York.

cable-tank n.

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1865 Sat. Rev. 12 Aug. 192 The first defect was occasioned—[by] the dropping of a fragment of wire into the cable-tank.

(c) (In sense 4.)

cable-border n.

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1862 Athenæum 30 Aug. 277 A figure of Science, on a coral base, with a cable border.

cable pattern n.

b. (In sense 3d.) cable channel, cable company, cable movie, cable operator, cable service, cable show, cable subscriber, cable system, etc.; cable-carried adj.

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1962 Television Soc. Jrnl. 10 88/2 The system to be described, that is the coaxial cable v.h.f. system, was conceived on a rather different basis.

1971 T. Ledbetter in C. Tate Cable Television in Cities 7/2 Cable subscribers in an isolated Pennsylvania town..actually got better reception..than people living in Philadelphia.

1976 National Observer (U.S.) 18 Dec. 9/3 The FCC public-access doctrine..requires cable operators regularly to turn over time free or at reduced rate, so local individuals..and community groups can produce their shows.

1981 B. Paulu Television & Radio in U.K. vi. 99 Cable services undoubtedly will continue... Currently the cable companies are losing customers as UHF broadcast coverage improves.

1982 Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 14/3 Its arguments are that a free cable system will lower standards, will be unfair to rural communities, and will favour the rich against the poor.

1983 Wall St. Jrnl. 5 Jan. 1/4 I got a room with droopy drapes..and free cable movies.

1983 Listener 3 Feb. 38/2 It is here, on the many cable-carried public stations, that Sesame Street can be seen.

1983 Fortune 2 May 125/1 Nickelodeon,..a children's cable channel.., has no ads... Some cable shows for kids carry ads.

C2. Special combinations.

cable-bends n. (see quot.).

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1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Cable-bends, two small ropes for lashing the end of a hempen cable to its own part, in order to secure the clinch by which it is fastened to the anchor-ring.

cable-buoy n.

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1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Buoy Cable-buoys, common casks employed to buoy up the cable.

cable-car n. a carriage or tram-car moved by an endless chain or cable, e.g. on an overhead cable-way.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun]

buggy1867

cable-carriera1884

telpher train1884

cable-car1887

telpher1901

tram1905

flying fox1936

1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 42 The excellent control of the cable cars is..admirably demonstrated upon this line.

1888 S. Hale Lett. (1919) 200 Two rival processions which encumbered the streets..almost prevented our getting there in the cable-car.

1891 C. Roberts Adrift Amer. 13 It was here that I first saw cable cars in operation.

1897 Outing (U.S.) 30 337/1 The actively inclined will enjoy cable-car athletics in hanging on to the slippery bilge of an egg-shell center-boarder.

1897 ‘M. Twain’ Following Equator xvi. 161 It has an elaborate system of cable car service.

1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 254 I..took a cable car for Capitol Hill.

cable-carrier n. a system of tubs or buckets slung from an overhead cable for the purpose of carrying heavy materials across a space.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun]

buggy1867

cable-carriera1884

telpher train1884

cable-car1887

telpher1901

tram1905

flying fox1936

a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 150/2 Cable Carrier, a means of transporting rough materials; stone, sand, lime, coal, earth, by a suspended bucket traveling on a wire cable.

1904 Westm. Gaz. 21 Nov. 8/2 Mr. Wall has discontinued the use of the overhead cable-carrier.

cable-coating n. the material, such as gutta percha, rubber, or other insulating substance, used to encase submarine cables.

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1902 Westm. Gaz. 22 July 9/1 African rubber is..useless for anything but cable-coating.

cable-grip n. (see grip n.¹ 5b).

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > contrivance to grip cable

cable-grip1887

1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 17 Elevated cable traction systems, for which he devised an ingenious cable grip or catch.

1947 Life 24 Feb. 16 Cable grip fits into the slot between the tracks. With it the gripman inside the car can grasp or release the cable, which moves at a constant 9·5 mph.

cable-gripper n.

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1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 419/1 Cable-gripper, a lever compressor over the cable-well, and by which the cable is stopped from running out.

1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 30 The intermediate slot through which the cable gripper passed into the interior of the tube.

cable-gripping n.

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1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 16 A cable-gripping apparatus fitted with vertically moving clamping jaws.

cable-hanger n. (see quots.).

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1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) I. 150 Persons who dredge or fish for Oysters [on the Medway], not being Free of the Fishery, are called Cable-hangers.

cable-hatband n. a twisted cord of gold, silver, or silk, worn round the hat (Halliwell).

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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > band > types of > other

cable-hatband1600

flagging1695

1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Induct. sig. Bii^v Wearing a pied feather, The cable hatband, or the three-pild ruffe.

1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. C3^v More cable, till hee had as much as my cable hatband, to fence him.

cable-laid adj. (see quot.).

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [adjective] > made of rope or cord > types of

twine1513

twice-laid1592

basten1677

cable-laid1723

hawser-laid1769

water-laid1795

registered1800

shroud-laid1800

whale-laid1812

strap-laid1839

four-strand1867

locked-coil1885

trifilar1903

1723 London Gaz. No. 6129/3 Stolen from the Fifth Moorings, Eleven Fathom of Eleven Inch Cable laid Pendant.

1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Ropes Ropes are either cable-laid or hauser-laid: the former are composed of nine strands, viz. three great strands, each of which is composed of three smaller strands.

cable pattern n. (see quot.).

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > stitch > other

chain-stitch1598

French knot1623

picot1623

petty-point1632

tent-stitch1639

brede-stitch1640

herringbone stitch1659

satin stitch1664

feather-stitch1835

Gobelin stitch1838

crowfoot1839

seedingc1840

German stitch1842

petit point1842

long stitch1849

looped stitch1851

hem-stitch1853

loop-stitch1853

faggot stitch1854

spider-wheel1868

dot stitch1869

picot stitch1869

slip-stitch1872

coral-stitch1873

stem stitch1873

rope stitch1875

Vienna cross stitch1876

witch stitch1876

pin stitch1878

seed stitch1879

cushion-stitch1880

Japanese stitch1880

darning-stitch1881

Kensington stitch1881

knot-stitch1881

bullion knot1882

cable pattern1882

Italian stitch1882

lattice-stitch1882

queen stitch1882

rice stitch1882

shadow-stitch1882

ship-ladder1882

spider-stitch1882

stem1882

Vandyke stitch1882

warp-stitch1882

wheel-stitch1882

basket-stitch1883

outline stitch1885

pointing1888

bullion stitchc1890

cable-stitchc1890

oriental stitchc1890

Turkish stitchc1890

Romanian stitch1894

shell-stitch1895

saddle stitch1899

magic stitch1900

plumage-stitch1900

saddle stitching1902

German knot stitch1903

trellis1912

padding stitch1913

straight stitch1918

Hungarian stitch1921

trellis stitch1921

lazy daisy1923

diamond stitchc1926

darning1930

faggot filling stitch1934

fly stitch1934

magic chain stitch1934

glove stitch1964

pad stitch1964

stocking-stitch1805

cable pattern1882

cable-stitchc1890

shell-stitch1895

trellis stitch1921

pelerine stitch1924

cable1943

faggoting1974

1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 287/1 Cable Pattern.—This is also known as Chain Stitch.

cable-railroad n. one along which carriages are drawn by an endless cable.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > cableway or cable railway

rope-way1665

aerial railway1839

rope railway1849

tramway1872

funicular railway1874

suspension-railway1875

cable-road1882

telpher line1884

cable-railroad1887

cable-railway1887

cable tramway1887

funiculaire1888

funicular1888

cable-way1899

aerial tramway1904

blondin1906

teleferic1916

mono-cable1922

téléphérique1922

Seilbahn1963

1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 33 The Claystreet cable railroad was opened for public traffic in August, 1873.

cable-road n.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > cableway or cable railway

rope-way1665

aerial railway1839

rope railway1849

tramway1872

funicular railway1874

suspension-railway1875

cable-road1882

telpher line1884

cable-railroad1887

cable-railway1887

cable tramway1887

funiculaire1888

funicular1888

cable-way1899

aerial tramway1904

blondin1906

teleferic1916

mono-cable1922

téléphérique1922

Seilbahn1963

1882 Ideographic (San Francisco) 25 July 2/3 The cable- or ‘grip’ road, as they term it in Cincinnati.

cable-railway n.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > cableway or cable railway

rope-way1665

aerial railway1839

rope railway1849

tramway1872

funicular railway1874

suspension-railway1875

cable-road1882

telpher line1884

cable-railroad1887

cable-railway1887

cable tramway1887

funiculaire1888

funicular1888

cable-way1899

aerial tramway1904

blondin1906

teleferic1916

mono-cable1922

téléphérique1922

Seilbahn1963

1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 15 The success that attended the working performances of early cable railways.

cable-range n. a given length of cable; a range of coils or rolls of cable.

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1883 W. C. Russell Sea Queen II. ii. 34 The men were set to work to get the cable-range along, ready for bringing up.

cable-road n. a road along which carriages are drawn by an endless cable.

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1887 J. B. Smith Cable Traction 42 In January, 1882, the Union, Presidio, and Ferrie's cable road commenced running.

cable-rope n. = sense 1; (also) cable-laid rope.

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1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 833 From the anker he kutteth the gabyll rope.

1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 53 At the west ende of Powlles stepull was tayed a cabelle roppe.

1711 London Gaz. No. 4882/3 About sixty Fathom of Cable Rope, about nine Inches Circumference.

1838 J. F. Cooper Home as Found (1873) xix. 316 You will confer an especial favor on me by not using such phrases as cable-rope... No sea-man uses them.

cable screw n. (see quots.).

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1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Cable Screw, a fastening for boot-soles; a wire in the shape of a twisted cord. Cable Screw Machine, one for putting screw pegs into boot and shoe soles.It goes round the sole in 15 seconds, putting in 80 to 85 wire pegs.

cable-ship n. a ship used to lay a submarine cable.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > vessel laying submarine cable

cable-ship1885

1885 Electrician 14 184/1 An additional cable..has been laid to Jersey by the Post Office's new telegraph cable ship ‘Monarch’.

1907 Daily Chron. 18 Jan. 7/4 The cableship Henry Holmes left here for Jamaica yesterday... She goes..to repair the Colon cable.

cable-station n. a station from which a cable message may be sent.

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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > station

cable-station1901

1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 Oct. 3/1 A staff of forty men will be kept at the cable station, mostly operators.

1920 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 181/2 Chahbar was not a cable-station.

cable-stitch n. any of various twisted rope-like stitches in knitting and embroidery.

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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > stitch > other

chain-stitch1598

French knot1623

picot1623

petty-point1632

tent-stitch1639

brede-stitch1640

herringbone stitch1659

satin stitch1664

feather-stitch1835

Gobelin stitch1838

crowfoot1839

seedingc1840

German stitch1842

petit point1842

long stitch1849

looped stitch1851

hem-stitch1853

loop-stitch1853

faggot stitch1854

spider-wheel1868

dot stitch1869

picot stitch1869

slip-stitch1872

coral-stitch1873

stem stitch1873

rope stitch1875

Vienna cross stitch1876

witch stitch1876

pin stitch1878

seed stitch1879

cushion-stitch1880

Japanese stitch1880

darning-stitch1881

Kensington stitch1881

knot-stitch1881

bullion knot1882

cable pattern1882

Italian stitch1882

lattice-stitch1882

queen stitch1882

rice stitch1882

shadow-stitch1882

ship-ladder1882

spider-stitch1882

stem1882

Vandyke stitch1882

warp-stitch1882

wheel-stitch1882

basket-stitch1883

outline stitch1885

pointing1888

bullion stitchc1890

cable-stitchc1890

oriental stitchc1890

Turkish stitchc1890

Romanian stitch1894

shell-stitch1895

saddle stitch1899

magic stitch1900

plumage-stitch1900

saddle stitching1902

German knot stitch1903

trellis1912

padding stitch1913

straight stitch1918

Hungarian stitch1921

trellis stitch1921

lazy daisy1923

diamond stitchc1926

darning1930

faggot filling stitch1934

fly stitch1934

magic chain stitch1934

glove stitch1964

pad stitch1964

stocking-stitch1805

cable pattern1882

cable-stitchc1890

shell-stitch1895

trellis stitch1921

pelerine stitch1924

cable1943

faggoting1974

c1890 tr. T. deDillmont's Encycl. Needlework 180 Cable or chain stitch..used for strengthening..the edges.

1899 W. G. P. Townsend Embroidery 95 Cable-stitch... The first stitch of all is to make a small link.

1928 Daily Express 5 July 9 The white sweater of the season will be the favourite cable-stitch.

1950 J. Cannan Murder Included ii. 29 His cable-stitch stockings.

cable-stock n. the capstan.

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c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The maister..bald the marynalis lay the cabil to the cabilstok.

cable system n. a system of traction by cable, or of telegraphy by submarine cables.

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society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > types or systems of

multiple telegraphy1876

quadruplex1878

cable system1887

harmonic telegraphy1902

typo-telegraphy1903

telex1932

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > system of traction by cable

funicular1881

telpherage1883

cable system1887

slacklining1933

1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction Introd. 3 From the capabilities of the ‘cable system’, it is now quite feasible to effect tramway communication in the most hilly districts.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 223/2 This spread of the cable system has naturally followed trade routes.

cable television n. a system of television rediffusion whereby signals from a distant station are picked up by an antenna and transmitted by cable to subscribers' sets; see television n. 1a.

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society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > types of television system

radiovision1924

colour television1927

phonovision1927

Scophony1932

stratovision1945

subscription television1945

Phonevision1947

pay television1950

subscription TV1950

telemeter1951

Web TV1952

pay TV1954

toll television1956

digital television1957

slot television1958

digital TV1959

satellite television1961

satellite TV1961

cable television1965

satellite1982

society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > cable

cable television1965

cablevision1965

cable1970

cabling1979

1965 Variety 9 June 34/1 The state of Indiana has been asked to exercise its regulatory charges for the use of telephone facilities in the transmission of cable television.

1972 Times 21 Jan. 2 Cable television was originally introduced in the area in 1962 to provide better reception because Shooters Hill to the south consistently interfered with television pictures.

1982 New Scientist 9 Sept. 674 Reports that the government will soon approve plans to bring cable television to Britain have appeared in almost every newspaper.

cable TV n.

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1966 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 11 June 90/1 (heading) The coming cable TV war.

1966 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 17 Sept. 63/1 A more dramatic way of achieving full set efficiency is Community Antenna Television (CATV), also known as ‘cable’..TV.

1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 27/3 A number of Metro area residents wish to form a co-operative to own and operate their own cable T.V.

1983 Listener 21 Apr. 38/1 The Government White Paper on cable TV for Britain is now expected at the end of April or the beginning of May.

cable-tier n. the place in a hold, or between decks, where the cables are coiled away.

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1778 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1889) XXVI. 105 They drove us on board the frigate, and down in the cable tier we must go.

1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xi. 143 Knocking the man down into the cable tier.

1860 H. Stuart Novice's or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 62 The hemp cables are coiled in the cable tiers.

cable-tools n. (see quot.).

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1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 114 Cable-tools, the apparatus used in drilling deep holes, such as artesian wells, with a rope, instead of rods, to connect the drill with the machine on the surface.

cable tramway n. (see quot. 1887).

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > cableway or cable railway

rope-way1665

aerial railway1839

rope railway1849

tramway1872

funicular railway1874

suspension-railway1875

cable-road1882

telpher line1884

cable-railroad1887

cable-railway1887

cable tramway1887

funiculaire1888

funicular1888

cable-way1899

aerial tramway1904

blondin1906

teleferic1916

mono-cable1922

téléphérique1922

Seilbahn1963

1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 2 A ‘cable tramway’, or in other words a tramway on which the cars are drawn or hauled by means of a cable or rope receiving its motion from a stationary and distant source of power.

cablevision n. = cable television n. (also a proprietary term in the U.S.).

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society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > cable

cable television1965

cablevision1965

cable1970

cabling1979

1965 Variety 14 July 31/3 A company to provide cable television service has been organized.., known as the Valley Cablevision Corporation.

1971 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 15 June 186/2 Cablevision Corporation of America…For Community Antenna Television Services. First use Aug. 4, 1969.

1972 Daily Tel. 10 Aug. 17/5 The idea of cablevision is to combine a service of strictly local television programmes, aimed at a restricted audience.., with a relay service which will improve the reception of conventional BBC and ITV programmes.

1981 Economist 28 Feb. 83 A joint offer to purchase the United Artists/Columbia cablevision interests.

cable-way n. (a) = cable-railroad n.; (b) an overhead cable and apparatus for the transport of materials or passengers.

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society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > cableway or cable railway

rope-way1665

aerial railway1839

rope railway1849

tramway1872

funicular railway1874

suspension-railway1875

cable-road1882

telpher line1884

cable-railroad1887

cable-railway1887

cable tramway1887

funiculaire1888

funicular1888

cable-way1899

aerial tramway1904

blondin1906

teleferic1916

mono-cable1922

téléphérique1922

Seilbahn1963

1899 Daily News 11 Mar. 5/2 A cableway right across the river.

1904 Alpine Jrnl. Nov. 336 The road which connects the Wetterhorn Hotel with the starting-point of the cable-way is finished.

1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 78/2 Cable ways, overhead cables, suitable for haulage of materials.

1962 Times 3 Jan. 18/5 Erecting a pylon..for the 45 mile cableway.

Draft additions March 2008

cable release n. Photography a remote shutter release which uses a length of cable, esp. one consisting of a flexible tube containing a metal wire that trips the shutter.

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1914 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Daily Republican 26 June 10/7 (advt.) Equipped with new Kodak Ball Bearing shutter with cable release.

1958 Newnes Compl. Amateur Photogr. 38 Besides the trigger on the camera body, the shutter can also be released by a cable... Very long cable releases are available.

1987 Pract. Photogr. Dec. 72/3 Even with the camera securely attached to a solid tripod care is still needed to avoid camera shake. Use a cable release, or self-timer to be on the safe side.

2005 TNT Mag. 7 Mar. 83/1 Usually a cable release is used to prevent camera shake for very long exposures.

Draft additions September 2004

cable-knit adj. and n. (a) adj. knitted using cable-stitch; (b) n. the pattern produced by cable-stitch; a cable-knit garment.

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1919 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 6 Feb. 3 (advt.) White cable knit caps.

1919 Washington Post 13 Dec. 16/1 (advt.) There is no make of Sweaters that excels the Pennsylvania Knitting Mills' product—and these are their popular numbers—both in the fine weave and the big cable knit.

1961 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 3/7 More emphasis on sweaters: High v-neck pullovers, ribbed ski knits, high-buttoned cardigans, cable knits, cashmeres.

1994 J. Birmingham He died with Felafel in his Hand (1997) viii. 177 One of the house band's dopey roadies took off his big thick sopping wet cable-knit jumper.

2000 M. Albo Hornito 187 Clothes are chosen only for the sake of comfort—..crewnecks, clammers, cableknits and surfwear.

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单词	cable
释义	cablen. Brit. /ˈkeɪbl/, U.S. /ˈkeɪb(ə)l/ Forms: Middle English kable, Middle English–1600s cabul(le, cabyl, cabil, cabille, cabel, cabell, cabelle, (Middle English–1500s gable, gabyll), Middle English– cable. Etymology: Middle English cable, cabel, kable, identical with Dutch kabel, Middle Dutch cābel, Middle Low German kabel, Middle High German and German kabel, all apparently < Romanic: compare French câble, Spanish cable, Portuguese cabre, all meaning ‘cable’, Italian cappio sliding knot, noose, gin < late Latin capulum, caplum a halter for catching or fastening cattle, according to Isidore < capĕre to take ‘quod eo indomita jumenta comprehendantur’: compare capulum, capulus, ‘handle, haft’, capulāre to take, catch, etc. (There are difficulties as to French câble , older forms of which were caable , chaable , chéable , châble , which point, through cadable , to a Latin catabola a kind of ballista n. for hurling stones, etc., in which sense chaable also occurs: see Cabulus in Du Cange. Littré supposes an early confusion between this and cable from Isidore's capulum; others think that as the catabola* was put in motion with ropes, it may be the real source. But this does not account for the Spanish and Italian words. 1. a. A strong thick rope, originally of hemp or other fibre, now also of strands of iron wire.Originally a stout rope of any thickness, but now, in nautical use, a cable (of hemp, jute, etc.) is 10 inches in circumference and upwards; ropes of less thickness being called cablets or hawsers. In other than nautical use (see 2), rope is commonly used when the material is hemp or fibre (as in the ‘rope’ by which a train is drawn up an incline), and cable when the material is wire. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > fastenings > [noun] > rope, cord, or line > cable cablec1275 scote1336 gablea1450 gable-ropec1500 cable-rope1523 the world > relative properties > measurement > measurement of length > [noun] > units of length or distance > arm as unit of length > outstretched arms or fathom > one hundred fathoms cable1535 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1963) l. 671 He hihte hondlien kablen [c1300 Otho cables]. c1320 Sir Guy 4613 Sche come..Doun of þe castel in sel~couþe wise Bi on cable alle sleyeliche. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Fairf. 14) l. 24848 Þe mast hit shoke þe cablis [Gött. cordis] brast. c1420 Chron. Vilod. 862 Alle þe gables of þe shippe þey broston a to. c1450 (c1390) G. Chaucer Complaint of Venus 33 Þaughe Ialousye wer hanged by a Kable Sheo wolde al knowe. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Eccles. iv. C A thre folde cable is not lightly broken. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 135 Smal cables for the artillery. 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis viii. 170 He..ouerthrowes With cabels, and innumerable blowes, The sturdy Oke. 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 13 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) A Cable of three Inches round and of good Stuff, will do better for Coal-work. 1842 Penny Cycl. XXIII. 336/2 The platform [of a suspension-bridge at the Isle of Bourbon] is suspended from four cables..and each cable consists of fifteen bundles of eighty wires each. b. figurative. ΚΠ a1600 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie vii. xviii, in Wks. (1662) 53 The whole Body Politique..should be..a threefold Cable. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxix. i. 351 He unfolded..a huge long cable of villanies. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) i. ii. 17 He will..put vpon you what restraint, and greeuance, That law..Weele giue him cable . View more context for this quotation c1616 R. C. Times' Whistle (1871) vi. 2344 Linckt together with sinnes ougly cable. c. elliptical. A cable-car. ΚΠ 1892 S. Hale Lett. 269 There are cables, and electrics... I mounted a cable, took a transfer [etc.]. d. it is easier for a cable to go through the eye of a needle, a variant rendering of Matthew 19:24, Mark 10:25, Luke 18:25, adopted by Sir John Cheke, and cited by many writers.[This represents a variant interpretation of Greek κάμηλον in this passage, mentioned already by Cyril of Alexandria in the 5th cent. Subsequently a variant reading κάμῑλον (found in several late cursive manuscripts) was associated with this rendering, and Suidas (? 11th cent.) makes distinct words of κάμῑλος ‘cable’, κάμηλος camel. Some Modern Greek dictionaries have also κάμιλος cable.] ΚΠ c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 92 It were as harde for the riche manne to come into heauen, as a great cable or a Camel to go through a nedles eye. a1557 J. Cheke tr. Gospel St. Matthew (1843) xix. 24 It is easier for a cable to passe thorough a nedels eie, ẏen for a rich man to enter in to y^e kingdoom of heaven. [margin] Although y^t Suidas seem to sai κάμιλος to be for a cable roop, and κάμηλος for y^e beest, iet theophylactus..and Celius..taak κάμηλος to be booẏ y^e beest and y^e cable, as moost season agreeabli serveth heer. 1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 540 It is impossible for a Camell (or Cable, that is a great rope of a ship)..to go through a needles eye. 1657 S. Colvil Mock Poem (1695) 49 An honest Clergyman will be When Cable passeth Needles eye. 1840 F. Marryat S.W. & by W. in Olla Podrida If he were as incompetent as a camel (or, as they say at sea, a cable) to pass through the eye of a needle. e. Short for cable-stitch n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > knitted fabric > stitches > other stocking-stitch1805 cable pattern1882 cable-stitchc1890 shell-stitch1895 trellis stitch1921 pelerine stitch1924 cable1943 faggoting1974 1943 Mary Thomas's Bk. Knitting Patt. 74 The effect is a vertical Waved Rib, not a Cable. 2. a. spec. (Nautical) The strong thick rope to which a ship's anchor is fastened; and by transference, anything used for the same purpose, as a chain of iron links ( chain cable).‘Stream-cable, a hawser or rope something smaller than the bower, used to move or hold the ship temporarily during a calm in a river or haven, sheltered from the wind and sea, etc.’ (Smyth Sailor's Word-bk.) ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable anchor ropeOE coble?a1400 cablec1400 anchor tow1602 anchor-gable1609 rode1612 anchor line1614 roding1896 c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) l. 418 With-outen mast, oþer myke, oþer myry bawe-lyne, Kable, oþer capstan to clyppe to her ankrez. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos xxvii. 96 Eneas..cutte asondre the cables that with helde the shippe within the hauen. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 2848 Þai caste ancres full kene with cables to grounde. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) v. iv. 4 The Cable broke, the holding-Anchor lost. View more context for this quotation 1627 J. Smith Sea Gram. vii. 30 The Cables also carry a proportion to the Anchors, but if it be not three strond, it is accounted but a Hawser. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Admiral They may be ready to cut or slip the cables when they shall be too much hurried to weigh their anchors. 1836 W. Irving Astoria I. 185 Slip the cable and endeavour to get to sea. 1885 C. Annandale Imperial Dict. (at cited word) Chain-cables have now almost superseded rope-cables. b. figurative. Also in to cut (the) cable(s): to depart; to make a break. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > go away [verb (intransitive)] wendeOE i-wite971 ashakec975 shakeOE to go awayOE witea1000 afareOE agoOE atwendOE awayOE to wend awayOE awendOE gangOE rimeOE flitc1175 to fare forthc1200 depart?c1225 part?c1225 partc1230 to-partc1275 biwitec1300 atwitea1325 withdrawa1325 to draw awayc1330 passc1330 to turn one's (also the) backc1330 lenda1350 begonec1370 remuea1375 voidc1374 removec1380 to long awaya1382 twinc1386 to pass one's wayc1390 trussc1390 waive1390 to pass out ofa1398 avoida1400 to pass awaya1400 to turn awaya1400 slakec1400 wagc1400 returnc1405 to be gonea1425 muck1429 packc1450 recede1450 roomc1450 to show (a person) the feetc1450 to come offc1475 to take one's licence1475 issue1484 devoidc1485 rebatea1500 walka1500 to go adieua1522 pikea1529 to go one's ways1530 retire?1543 avaunt1549 to make out1558 trudge1562 vade?1570 fly1581 leave1593 wag1594 to get off1595 to go off1600 to put off1600 shog1600 troop1600 to forsake patch1602 exit1607 hence1614 to give offa1616 to take off1657 to move off1692 to cut (also slip) the painter1699 sheera1704 to go about one's business1749 mizzle1772 to move out1792 transit1797–1803 stump it1803 to run away1809 quit1811 to clear off1816 to clear out1816 nash1819 fuff1822 to make (take) tracks (for)1824 mosey1829 slope1830 to tail out1830 to walk one's chalks1835 to take away1838 shove1844 trot1847 fade1848 evacuate1849 shag1851 to get up and get1854 to pull out1855 to cut (the) cable(s)1859 to light out1859 to pick up1872 to sling one's Daniel or hook1873 to sling (also take) one's hook1874 smoke1893 screw1896 shoot1897 voetsak1897 to tootle off1902 to ship out1908 to take a (run-out, walk-out, etc.) powder1909 to push off1918 to bugger off1922 biff1923 to fuck off1929 to hit, split or take the breeze1931 to jack off1931 to piss offa1935 to do a mick1937 to take a walk1937 to head off1941 to take a hike1944 moulder1945 to chuff off1947 to get lost1947 to shoot through1947 skidoo1949 to sod off1950 peel1951 bug1952 split1954 poop1961 mugger1962 frig1965 1635 F. Quarles Emblemes iii. xi. 165 Pray'r is the Cable, at whose end appeares The Anchor Hope. 1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 22 The grand Banks..shall be the Anchor and Cable of all smaller Banks. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 360/1 Her cable had run out, and she died. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Let. 8 June (1954) III. 79 I want to get rid of this house—cut cables and drift about. 1895 G. B. Shaw Let. 30 Jan. (1965) I. 480 By cutting the cable before the supplies are exhausted you will prove that you are not merely making the best of a bad job. 1917 G. B. Shaw Matter with Ireland (1962) 156 Any nation less sheepish than the English would have cut the cable long ago and insisted on having a Parliament of its own for its own affairs. c. a cable or cable's length, as a unit of measurement, ‘about 100 fathoms; in marine charts 607·56 feet, or one-tenth of a sea mile’ (Adml. Smyth). ΚΠ 1555 R. Eden Two Viages into Guinea in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 352 Redde cliffes with white strakes like wayes a cable length a piece. 1665 Duke of York's Fight. Instr. xiv To keep about the distance of half a cable from one another. 1702 London Gaz. No. 3844/4 The Two Buoys..being distant near the Length of Two Cables. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Cable,..a measure of 120 fathoms, called by the English seamen a cable's length. 1778 Capt. Miller in Ld. Nelson Disp. & Lett. (1846) VII. Introd. 159 We got within a cable and a half of her. 1813 R. Southey Life of Nelson (1854) 167 He veered half a cable, and instantly opened a tremendous fire. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xi. 26 Within two cable lengths of the shore. 3. Telegraphy. Thesaurus » Categories » a. A rope-like line used for submarine telegraphs, containing the wires along which the electric current passes, embedded in gutta percha or other insulating substance, and encased in an external sheathing of strong wire strands, resembling the wire cable of sense 1. b. A bundle of insulated wires, passing through a pipe laid underground in streets, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > [noun] > line > underground cable1887 1852 Leisure Hour Sept. 591 Complimentary messages were transmitted by means of the cable through the waters to Dover. 1854 Brett Specif. Patent 10,939 . 21 This said cable or rope I denominate my Oceanic Line. 1855 C. Wheatstone in Proc. Royal Soc. 7 328 Experiments made with the submarine cable of the Mediterranean Electric Telegraph. 1858 Times Ann. Summary 89 The unfortunate fracture of the oceanic cable. 1864 W. Crookes Q. Jrnl. Sci. 1 44 The Atlantic Cable and its Teachings. 1865 W. H. Russell Atlantic Telegr. 2 Mr. Wheatstone..as early as 1840 brought before the House of Commons the project of a cable to be laid between Dover and Calais. 1880 Times 17 Dec. 5/6 [She] is reported by cable to have put into St. Thomas. 1887 Telegr. Jrnl. 4 Mar. 203/2 In our system, the cables can be easily drawn out of the iron pipes if occasion demands it. c. A cable message, a cablegram n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > types of telotype1850 cablegram1868 cable-message1877 phonogram1880 cable1883 ticking1888 aerogram1890 T.T.1893 petit bleu1898 Marconigram1902 radio-telegram1902 radiogram1903 wireless1903 news flash1904 teleflash1904 lettergram1908 day letter1910 night letter telegram1910 night telegraph letter1912 radio1915 printergram1932 teletype1933 greeting telegram1937 telemessage1941 overnight telegram1955 telex1957 1883 Bread-Winners 175 It riled me to have to pay for two cables. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 Aug. 11/1 I was desired by my chief in New York to..give them a long ‘cable’. 1886 Daily News 4 June 6/4 The General..had received cables of greeting from the ‘comrades’ in Australasia and America. d. Short for cable television n. at Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > cable cable television1965 cablevision1965 cable1970 cabling1979 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Sept. 14/8 Channel 12..announced..that it would fight any attempt to drop it from cable. 1971 T. Ledbetter in Cable Television in Cities 7/1 Cable was first introduced in remote mountainous areas where broadcast TV reception was poor. 1977 Home Office: Rep. Comm. Future of Broadcasting 21 in Parl. Papers 1976–7 (Cmnd. 6753) VI. 1 Cable is bound to give the viewer an increase in the choice of programmes at any given time. 1982 L. Block Eight Million Ways to Die iv. 49 I'm watching a movie on cable. 1983 Listener 12 May 6/3 Cable..is an extremely expensive medium unless one can think of something remunerative which people want and which only cable can do. 1985 Village Voice (N.Y.) 8 Jan. 18/2 Cable's roots, after all, lie in the appropriation of over-the-air television signals..and the reselling of those signals for a profit. 4. Architecture, Goldsmith's work, etc. Also cable-moulding. A convex moulding or ornament made in the form of a rope. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > decoration specifically in relief > [noun] > mouldings and grooves swage1374 ogee1591 mouldure1628 moulding1679 swaging1688 cock bead1778 cock beading1788 bead1799 cable-moulding1859 pearling1883 1859 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. III. i. 9 Norman ornaments..particularly the billet and the cable. 1859 J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. IV. vii. 359 The cornice is the cable-moulding on a large scale. 1877 W. Jones Finger-ring Lore 140 The outer edge..is also decorated with a heavy cable-moulding. 5. (See quot. 1877.) ΚΠ 1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Cable, a long narrow strip of ground. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. (a) (In senses 1, 2.) cable-chain n. ΚΠ 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 27 Aug. 11/2 The cable-chain makers..factory men, who make the marine or cable chains. cable-coil n. ΚΠ 1667 Third Advice in Second & Third Advice to Painter 28 See that thou..spoyl All their Sea-markets, and their Cable coyl. cable-cutting n. ΚΠ 1897 T. E. Holland Lett. to Times (1909) 138 The question as to the legitimacy of cable-cutting is covered by no precedent. 1897 Daily News 15 Jan. 7/4 Our fleet would deal with cable-cutting craft. cable-driving adj. ΚΠ 1887 J. B. Smith Cable Traction 89 The cable-driving drums are 12 ft. in diameter. cable ferry n. ΚΠ 1900 Daily News 19 Jan. 5/3 Parties being sent across by the cable ferry. cable-hoist n. ΚΠ 1900 Daily News 18 Jan. 5/3 A cable hoist was..established up the slope, enabling ammunition to be brought up. cable-maker n. ΚΠ 1484 W. Caxton tr. G. de la Tour-Landry Bk. Knight of Tower (1971) lxi. 87 A roper or cable maker. cable-nipper n. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Cable-nipper (Nautical), a device serving to bind the messenger to the cable, and composed of a number of rope-yarns or small stuff marled together. cable-roots n. ΚΠ 1620 F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Phylaster v. 55 Pynes, whose cable rootes Held out a thousand stormes. cable-stopper n. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Cable-stopper,..a device to stop the paying out of the cable. cable-traction n. ΚΠ 1887Cable traction [see cable-grip n. at Compounds 2]. cable tramway n. ΚΠ 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 508/2 Cable tramways. Street tramways worked by means of a wire rope have been in successful operation in San Francisco since 1873... The motive power is transmitted from a stationary engine by a rope of steel wire. cable-user n. ΚΠ 1902 Daily Chron. 26 May 4/5 Melbourne and Brisbane merchants and other cable users in Victoria. (b) (In sense 3.) cable-advice n. ΚΠ 1882 Mod. Trade Circular Further cable advices from the Colonies. cable-despatch n. cable-layer n. ΚΠ 1908 Daily Chron. 25 Aug. 3/3 There is only room in the hearts..of men for..one cable-layer. cable-laying n. ΚΠ 1901 Westm. Gaz. 17 Aug. 3/2 The primary object of cable-laying is to facilitate communications. cable-man n. ΚΠ 1865 Daily Tel. 19 Aug. 4/4 Mr. Canning showed the cable and the stab to the cablemen. cable-message n. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > types of telotype1850 cablegram1868 cable-message1877 phonogram1880 cable1883 ticking1888 aerogram1890 T.T.1893 petit bleu1898 Marconigram1902 radio-telegram1902 radiogram1903 wireless1903 news flash1904 teleflash1904 lettergram1908 day letter1910 night letter telegram1910 night telegraph letter1912 radio1915 printergram1932 teletype1933 greeting telegram1937 telemessage1941 overnight telegram1955 telex1957 1877 Daily News 3 Nov. 6/5 The following cable message has been received..from New York. cable-tank n. ΚΠ 1865 Sat. Rev. 12 Aug. 192 The first defect was occasioned—[by] the dropping of a fragment of wire into the cable-tank. (c) (In sense 4.) cable-border n. ΚΠ 1862 Athenæum 30 Aug. 277 A figure of Science, on a coral base, with a cable border. cable pattern n. b. (In sense 3d.) cable channel, cable company, cable movie, cable operator, cable service, cable show, cable subscriber, cable system, etc.; cable-carried adj. ΚΠ 1962 Television Soc. Jrnl. 10 88/2 The system to be described, that is the coaxial cable v.h.f. system, was conceived on a rather different basis. 1971 T. Ledbetter in C. Tate Cable Television in Cities 7/2 Cable subscribers in an isolated Pennsylvania town..actually got better reception..than people living in Philadelphia. 1976 National Observer (U.S.) 18 Dec. 9/3 The FCC public-access doctrine..requires cable operators regularly to turn over time free or at reduced rate, so local individuals..and community groups can produce their shows. 1981 B. Paulu Television & Radio in U.K. vi. 99 Cable services undoubtedly will continue... Currently the cable companies are losing customers as UHF broadcast coverage improves. 1982 Daily Tel. 11 Oct. 14/3 Its arguments are that a free cable system will lower standards, will be unfair to rural communities, and will favour the rich against the poor. 1983 Wall St. Jrnl. 5 Jan. 1/4 I got a room with droopy drapes..and free cable movies. 1983 Listener 3 Feb. 38/2 It is here, on the many cable-carried public stations, that Sesame Street can be seen. 1983 Fortune 2 May 125/1 Nickelodeon,..a children's cable channel.., has no ads... Some cable shows for kids carry ads. C2. Special combinations. cable-bends n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Cable-bends, two small ropes for lashing the end of a hempen cable to its own part, in order to secure the clinch by which it is fastened to the anchor-ring. cable-buoy n. ΚΠ 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Buoy Cable-buoys, common casks employed to buoy up the cable. cable-car n. a carriage or tram-car moved by an endless chain or cable, e.g. on an overhead cable-way. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] buggy1867 cable-carriera1884 telpher train1884 cable-car1887 telpher1901 tram1905 flying fox1936 1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 42 The excellent control of the cable cars is..admirably demonstrated upon this line. 1888 S. Hale Lett. (1919) 200 Two rival processions which encumbered the streets..almost prevented our getting there in the cable-car. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift Amer. 13 It was here that I first saw cable cars in operation. 1897 Outing (U.S.) 30 337/1 The actively inclined will enjoy cable-car athletics in hanging on to the slippery bilge of an egg-shell center-boarder. 1897 ‘M. Twain’ Following Equator xvi. 161 It has an elaborate system of cable car service. 1902 E. Banks Autobiogr. Newspaper Girl 254 I..took a cable car for Capitol Hill. cable-carrier n. a system of tubs or buckets slung from an overhead cable for the purpose of carrying heavy materials across a space. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] buggy1867 cable-carriera1884 telpher train1884 cable-car1887 telpher1901 tram1905 flying fox1936 a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 150/2 Cable Carrier, a means of transporting rough materials; stone, sand, lime, coal, earth, by a suspended bucket traveling on a wire cable. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 21 Nov. 8/2 Mr. Wall has discontinued the use of the overhead cable-carrier. cable-coating n. the material, such as gutta percha, rubber, or other insulating substance, used to encase submarine cables. ΚΠ 1902 Westm. Gaz. 22 July 9/1 African rubber is..useless for anything but cable-coating. cable-grip n. (see grip n.¹ 5b). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > contrivance to grip cable cable-grip1887 1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 17 Elevated cable traction systems, for which he devised an ingenious cable grip or catch. 1947 Life 24 Feb. 16 Cable grip fits into the slot between the tracks. With it the gripman inside the car can grasp or release the cable, which moves at a constant 9·5 mph. cable-gripper n. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 419/1 Cable-gripper, a lever compressor over the cable-well, and by which the cable is stopped from running out. 1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 30 The intermediate slot through which the cable gripper passed into the interior of the tube. cable-gripping n. ΚΠ 1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 16 A cable-gripping apparatus fitted with vertically moving clamping jaws. cable-hanger n. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1748 Defoe's Tour Great Brit. (ed. 4) I. 150 Persons who dredge or fish for Oysters [on the Medway], not being Free of the Fishery, are called Cable-hangers. cable-hatband n. a twisted cord of gold, silver, or silk, worn round the hat (Halliwell). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > parts of headgear > [noun] > band > types of > other cable-hatband1600 flagging1695 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor Induct. sig. Bii^v Wearing a pied feather, The cable hatband, or the three-pild ruffe. View more context for this quotation 1602 J. Marston Hist. Antonio & Mellida ii. sig. C3^v More cable, till hee had as much as my cable hatband, to fence him. cable-laid adj. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > other manufactured or derived materials > [adjective] > made of rope or cord > types of twine1513 twice-laid1592 basten1677 cable-laid1723 hawser-laid1769 water-laid1795 registered1800 shroud-laid1800 whale-laid1812 strap-laid1839 four-strand1867 locked-coil1885 trifilar1903 1723 London Gaz. No. 6129/3 Stolen from the Fifth Moorings, Eleven Fathom of Eleven Inch Cable laid Pendant. 1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine at Ropes Ropes are either cable-laid or hauser-laid: the former are composed of nine strands, viz. three great strands, each of which is composed of three smaller strands. cable pattern n. (see quot.). ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > stitch > other chain-stitch1598 French knot1623 picot1623 petty-point1632 tent-stitch1639 brede-stitch1640 herringbone stitch1659 satin stitch1664 feather-stitch1835 Gobelin stitch1838 crowfoot1839 seedingc1840 German stitch1842 petit point1842 long stitch1849 looped stitch1851 hem-stitch1853 loop-stitch1853 faggot stitch1854 spider-wheel1868 dot stitch1869 picot stitch1869 slip-stitch1872 coral-stitch1873 stem stitch1873 rope stitch1875 Vienna cross stitch1876 witch stitch1876 pin stitch1878 seed stitch1879 cushion-stitch1880 Japanese stitch1880 darning-stitch1881 Kensington stitch1881 knot-stitch1881 bullion knot1882 cable pattern1882 Italian stitch1882 lattice-stitch1882 queen stitch1882 rice stitch1882 shadow-stitch1882 ship-ladder1882 spider-stitch1882 stem1882 Vandyke stitch1882 warp-stitch1882 wheel-stitch1882 basket-stitch1883 outline stitch1885 pointing1888 bullion stitchc1890 cable-stitchc1890 oriental stitchc1890 Turkish stitchc1890 Romanian stitch1894 shell-stitch1895 saddle stitch1899 magic stitch1900 plumage-stitch1900 saddle stitching1902 German knot stitch1903 trellis1912 padding stitch1913 straight stitch1918 Hungarian stitch1921 trellis stitch1921 lazy daisy1923 diamond stitchc1926 darning1930 faggot filling stitch1934 fly stitch1934 magic chain stitch1934 glove stitch1964 pad stitch1964 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > knitted fabric > stitches > other stocking-stitch1805 cable pattern1882 cable-stitchc1890 shell-stitch1895 trellis stitch1921 pelerine stitch1924 cable1943 faggoting1974 1882 S. F. A. Caulfeild & B. C. Saward Dict. Needlework 287/1 Cable Pattern.—This is also known as Chain Stitch. cable-railroad n. one along which carriages are drawn by an endless cable. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > cableway or cable railway rope-way1665 aerial railway1839 rope railway1849 tramway1872 funicular railway1874 suspension-railway1875 cable-road1882 telpher line1884 cable-railroad1887 cable-railway1887 cable tramway1887 funiculaire1888 funicular1888 cable-way1899 aerial tramway1904 blondin1906 teleferic1916 mono-cable1922 téléphérique1922 Seilbahn1963 1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 33 The Claystreet cable railroad was opened for public traffic in August, 1873. cable-road n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > cableway or cable railway rope-way1665 aerial railway1839 rope railway1849 tramway1872 funicular railway1874 suspension-railway1875 cable-road1882 telpher line1884 cable-railroad1887 cable-railway1887 cable tramway1887 funiculaire1888 funicular1888 cable-way1899 aerial tramway1904 blondin1906 teleferic1916 mono-cable1922 téléphérique1922 Seilbahn1963 1882 Ideographic (San Francisco) 25 July 2/3 The cable- or ‘grip’ road, as they term it in Cincinnati. cable-railway n. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > cableway or cable railway rope-way1665 aerial railway1839 rope railway1849 tramway1872 funicular railway1874 suspension-railway1875 cable-road1882 telpher line1884 cable-railroad1887 cable-railway1887 cable tramway1887 funiculaire1888 funicular1888 cable-way1899 aerial tramway1904 blondin1906 teleferic1916 mono-cable1922 téléphérique1922 Seilbahn1963 1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 15 The success that attended the working performances of early cable railways. cable-range n. a given length of cable; a range of coils or rolls of cable. ΚΠ 1883 W. C. Russell Sea Queen II. ii. 34 The men were set to work to get the cable-range along, ready for bringing up. cable-road n. a road along which carriages are drawn by an endless cable. ΚΠ 1887 J. B. Smith Cable Traction 42 In January, 1882, the Union, Presidio, and Ferrie's cable road commenced running. cable-rope n. = sense 1; (also) cable-laid rope. ΚΠ 1523 J. Skelton Goodly Garlande of Laurell 833 From the anker he kutteth the gabyll rope. 1556 in J. G. Nichols Chron. Grey Friars (1852) 53 At the west ende of Powlles stepull was tayed a cabelle roppe. 1711 London Gaz. No. 4882/3 About sixty Fathom of Cable Rope, about nine Inches Circumference. 1838 J. F. Cooper Home as Found (1873) xix. 316 You will confer an especial favor on me by not using such phrases as cable-rope... No sea-man uses them. cable screw n. (see quots.). ΚΠ 1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. Cable Screw, a fastening for boot-soles; a wire in the shape of a twisted cord. Cable Screw Machine, one for putting screw pegs into boot and shoe soles.It goes round the sole in 15 seconds, putting in 80 to 85 wire pegs. cable-ship n. a ship used to lay a submarine cable. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessels with other specific uses > [noun] > vessel laying submarine cable cable-ship1885 1885 Electrician 14 184/1 An additional cable..has been laid to Jersey by the Post Office's new telegraph cable ship ‘Monarch’. 1907 Daily Chron. 18 Jan. 7/4 The cableship Henry Holmes left here for Jamaica yesterday... She goes..to repair the Colon cable. cable-station n. a station from which a cable message may be sent. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > station cable-station1901 1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 8 Oct. 3/1 A staff of forty men will be kept at the cable station, mostly operators. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Aug. 181/2 Chahbar was not a cable-station. cable-stitch n. any of various twisted rope-like stitches in knitting and embroidery. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > sewn or ornamented textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > stitch > other chain-stitch1598 French knot1623 picot1623 petty-point1632 tent-stitch1639 brede-stitch1640 herringbone stitch1659 satin stitch1664 feather-stitch1835 Gobelin stitch1838 crowfoot1839 seedingc1840 German stitch1842 petit point1842 long stitch1849 looped stitch1851 hem-stitch1853 loop-stitch1853 faggot stitch1854 spider-wheel1868 dot stitch1869 picot stitch1869 slip-stitch1872 coral-stitch1873 stem stitch1873 rope stitch1875 Vienna cross stitch1876 witch stitch1876 pin stitch1878 seed stitch1879 cushion-stitch1880 Japanese stitch1880 darning-stitch1881 Kensington stitch1881 knot-stitch1881 bullion knot1882 cable pattern1882 Italian stitch1882 lattice-stitch1882 queen stitch1882 rice stitch1882 shadow-stitch1882 ship-ladder1882 spider-stitch1882 stem1882 Vandyke stitch1882 warp-stitch1882 wheel-stitch1882 basket-stitch1883 outline stitch1885 pointing1888 bullion stitchc1890 cable-stitchc1890 oriental stitchc1890 Turkish stitchc1890 Romanian stitch1894 shell-stitch1895 saddle stitch1899 magic stitch1900 plumage-stitch1900 saddle stitching1902 German knot stitch1903 trellis1912 padding stitch1913 straight stitch1918 Hungarian stitch1921 trellis stitch1921 lazy daisy1923 diamond stitchc1926 darning1930 faggot filling stitch1934 fly stitch1934 magic chain stitch1934 glove stitch1964 pad stitch1964 the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric manufactured in specific way > [noun] > consisting of loops or looped stitches > knitted fabric > stitches > other stocking-stitch1805 cable pattern1882 cable-stitchc1890 shell-stitch1895 trellis stitch1921 pelerine stitch1924 cable1943 faggoting1974 c1890 tr. T. deDillmont's Encycl. Needlework 180 Cable or chain stitch..used for strengthening..the edges. 1899 W. G. P. Townsend Embroidery 95 Cable-stitch... The first stitch of all is to make a small link. 1928 Daily Express 5 July 9 The white sweater of the season will be the favourite cable-stitch. 1950 J. Cannan Murder Included ii. 29 His cable-stitch stockings. cable-stock n. the capstan. ΚΠ c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 31 The maister..bald the marynalis lay the cabil to the cabilstok. cable system n. a system of traction by cable, or of telegraphy by submarine cables. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > types or systems of multiple telegraphy1876 quadruplex1878 cable system1887 harmonic telegraphy1902 typo-telegraphy1903 telex1932 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > system of traction by cable funicular1881 telpherage1883 cable system1887 slacklining1933 1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction Introd. 3 From the capabilities of the ‘cable system’, it is now quite feasible to effect tramway communication in the most hilly districts. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXIII. 223/2 This spread of the cable system has naturally followed trade routes. cable television n. a system of television rediffusion whereby signals from a distant station are picked up by an antenna and transmitted by cable to subscribers' sets; see television n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > types of television system radiovision1924 colour television1927 phonovision1927 Scophony1932 stratovision1945 subscription television1945 Phonevision1947 pay television1950 subscription TV1950 telemeter1951 Web TV1952 pay TV1954 toll television1956 digital television1957 slot television1958 digital TV1959 satellite television1961 satellite TV1961 cable television1965 satellite1982 society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > cable cable television1965 cablevision1965 cable1970 cabling1979 1965 Variety 9 June 34/1 The state of Indiana has been asked to exercise its regulatory charges for the use of telephone facilities in the transmission of cable television. 1972 Times 21 Jan. 2 Cable television was originally introduced in the area in 1962 to provide better reception because Shooters Hill to the south consistently interfered with television pictures. 1982 New Scientist 9 Sept. 674 Reports that the government will soon approve plans to bring cable television to Britain have appeared in almost every newspaper. cable TV n. ΚΠ 1966 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 11 June 90/1 (heading) The coming cable TV war. 1966 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 17 Sept. 63/1 A more dramatic way of achieving full set efficiency is Community Antenna Television (CATV), also known as ‘cable’..TV. 1970 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Sept. 27/3 A number of Metro area residents wish to form a co-operative to own and operate their own cable T.V. 1983 Listener 21 Apr. 38/1 The Government White Paper on cable TV for Britain is now expected at the end of April or the beginning of May. cable-tier n. the place in a hold, or between decks, where the cables are coiled away. ΚΠ 1778 in Essex Inst. Hist. Coll. (1889) XXVI. 105 They drove us on board the frigate, and down in the cable tier we must go. 1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. xi. 143 Knocking the man down into the cable tier. 1860 H. Stuart Novice's or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 62 The hemp cables are coiled in the cable tiers. cable-tools n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1881 Trans. Amer. Inst. Mining Engineers 1880–1 9 114 Cable-tools, the apparatus used in drilling deep holes, such as artesian wells, with a rope, instead of rods, to connect the drill with the machine on the surface. cable tramway n. (see quot. 1887). ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > cableway or cable railway rope-way1665 aerial railway1839 rope railway1849 tramway1872 funicular railway1874 suspension-railway1875 cable-road1882 telpher line1884 cable-railroad1887 cable-railway1887 cable tramway1887 funiculaire1888 funicular1888 cable-way1899 aerial tramway1904 blondin1906 teleferic1916 mono-cable1922 téléphérique1922 Seilbahn1963 1887 J. B. Smith Treat. Cable or Rope Traction 2 A ‘cable tramway’, or in other words a tramway on which the cars are drawn or hauled by means of a cable or rope receiving its motion from a stationary and distant source of power. cablevision n. = cable television n. (also a proprietary term in the U.S.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [noun] > cable cable television1965 cablevision1965 cable1970 cabling1979 1965 Variety 14 July 31/3 A company to provide cable television service has been organized.., known as the Valley Cablevision Corporation. 1971 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 15 June 186/2 Cablevision Corporation of America…For Community Antenna Television Services. First use Aug. 4, 1969. 1972 Daily Tel. 10 Aug. 17/5 The idea of cablevision is to combine a service of strictly local television programmes, aimed at a restricted audience.., with a relay service which will improve the reception of conventional BBC and ITV programmes. 1981 Economist 28 Feb. 83 A joint offer to purchase the United Artists/Columbia cablevision interests. cable-way n. (a) = cable-railroad n.; (b) an overhead cable and apparatus for the transport of materials or passengers. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle travelling on or by cable > [noun] > cableway or cable railway rope-way1665 aerial railway1839 rope railway1849 tramway1872 funicular railway1874 suspension-railway1875 cable-road1882 telpher line1884 cable-railroad1887 cable-railway1887 cable tramway1887 funiculaire1888 funicular1888 cable-way1899 aerial tramway1904 blondin1906 teleferic1916 mono-cable1922 téléphérique1922 Seilbahn1963 1899 Daily News 11 Mar. 5/2 A cableway right across the river. 1904 Alpine Jrnl. Nov. 336 The road which connects the Wetterhorn Hotel with the starting-point of the cable-way is finished. 1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 78/2 Cable ways, overhead cables, suitable for haulage of materials. 1962 Times 3 Jan. 18/5 Erecting a pylon..for the 45 mile cableway. Draft additions March 2008 cable release n. Photography a remote shutter release which uses a length of cable, esp. one consisting of a flexible tube containing a metal wire that trips the shutter. ΚΠ 1914 Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Daily Republican 26 June 10/7 (advt.) Equipped with new Kodak Ball Bearing shutter with cable release. 1958 Newnes Compl. Amateur Photogr. 38 Besides the trigger on the camera body, the shutter can also be released by a cable... Very long cable releases are available. 1987 Pract. Photogr. Dec. 72/3 Even with the camera securely attached to a solid tripod care is still needed to avoid camera shake. Use a cable release, or self-timer to be on the safe side. 2005 TNT Mag. 7 Mar. 83/1 Usually a cable release is used to prevent camera shake for very long exposures. Draft additions September 2004 cable-knit adj. and n. (a) adj. knitted using cable-stitch; (b) n. the pattern produced by cable-stitch; a cable-knit garment. ΚΠ 1919 Daily Kennebec Jrnl. (Augusta, Maine) 6 Feb. 3 (advt.) White cable knit caps. 1919 Washington Post 13 Dec. 16/1 (advt.) There is no make of Sweaters that excels the Pennsylvania Knitting Mills' product—and these are their popular numbers—both in the fine weave and the big cable knit. 1961 Edwardsville (Illinois) Intelligencer 3/7 More emphasis on sweaters: High v-neck pullovers, ribbed ski knits, high-buttoned cardigans, cable knits, cashmeres. 1994 J. Birmingham He died with Felafel in his Hand (1997) viii. 177 One of the house band's dopey roadies took off his big thick sopping wet cable-knit jumper. 2000 M. Albo Hornito 187 Clothes are chosen only for the sake of comfort—..crewnecks, clammers, cableknits and surfwear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). cablev. Brit. /ˈkeɪbl/, U.S. /ˈkeɪb(ə)l/ Etymology: < cable n. 1. a. transitive. To furnish with a cable or cables; to fasten with or as with a cable, to tie up. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind with cord, string, or tie tiec1000 halchc1400 lacec1405 cable?1507 twitch1612 lash1624 wup1808 snub1888 zip-tie1985 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > build a ship [verb (transitive)] > fit out or equip > furnish with cable cable?1507 ?1507 W. Dunbar Tua Mariit Wemen (Rouen) in Poems (1998) I. 50 Se how I cabeld ȝone cout with a kene brydill. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 473/1 I cable, I store a shyppe of cables. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Gomenare..to cable an anker. 1620 T. Ryves Vicar's Plea 31 They are..fortefied and cabled vp with the graunts and priuiledges of Gregory the 14. 1634 J. Shirley Example i. i Here I am cabled up above their shot. 1640 J. Shirley Impostvre i. ii I hope she's not turned nun..I do not like The women should be cabled up. 1800 Naval Chron. 4 218 His Majesty's ships are insufficiently cabled. 1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis II. ii. iii. xi. 273 The motive power of his being was cabled to Superstition. b. To equip with cable for the reception of cable television. Also (rare) with up. ΘΚΠ society > communication > broadcasting > television > transmitting or receiving apparatus > [verb (transitive)] > cable cable1979 1979 Washington Post 7 Jan. k5/5 So far, only the east central part of the county is cabled. 1982 Nature 11 Mar. 102/1 If most British dwellings can be ‘cabled up’—linked to some broadband distribution system capable of handling more like forty than four distinct video signals, as at present. 1982 Daily Tel. 1 Sept. 2/2 Country areas will not be cabled. 1982 Times 18 Oct. 13/1 British Linen Bank..is assessing the feasibility of cabling parts of central Scotland for multi-channel TV and ‘telebanking’. 2. Architecture. To furnish (a column) with vertical convex circular mouldings, which should properly occupy the lower part of the flutings, so as to represent a rope or staff placed in the flute (Gwilt). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [verb (transitive)] > furnish with rope moulding cable1766 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 91 Cabled with small pillars bound round it, with a kind of arched work and subdivisions between. 1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 941 at Cabling In modern times an occasional abuse has been practised of cabling without fluting, as in the church della Sapienza at Rome. 1848 J. H. Parker Rickman's Styles Archit. Eng. (ed. 5) 13 These channels are sometimes partly filled by a lesser round moulding; this is called cabling the flutes. 3. transitive and intransitive. To transmit (a message, news, etc.), or communicate, by submarine telegraph. (Const. as in to telegraph.) ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph [verb (intransitive)] telegraph1807 wire1859 cable1871 telegram1876 cablegraph1887 marconigraph1902 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph a message [verb (transitive)] telegraph1806 flash1847 retelegraph1848 wire1859 telegram1864 cable1871 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > telegraph a message [verb (transitive)] > telegraph a person wire1859 telegram1860 cable1871 marconigraph1907 1871 M. Schele de Vere Americanisms (1872) 559 A late telegram by Atlantic Cable from the British Premier..said: ‘Cable how match-tax works’. 1880 Times 28 Oct. The exciting news cabled from Ireland. 1881 Ionia Standard 24 Mar. He [i.e. Secretary Blaine] has been cabling constantly with Lord Granville. 1882 Times 14 Apr. 5/3 The Secretary of State..cabled the substance of them to Minister Lowell. 1884 Kendal Merc. 1 Nov. 5 Mr. Henry Irving cabled me from Boston..that, etc. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.c1275v.?1507
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