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单词 cablet
释义

cablet

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/ ˈkeɪ blɪt /

noun

a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 centimeters) in circumference.

Origin of cablet

First recorded in 1565–75; cable + -et

Words nearby cablet

cable-ready, cable release, cable's length, cable-stayed bridge, cable-stitch, cablet, cable television, cable tie, cablevision, cableway, cabling
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Example sentences from the Web for cablet

  • The same as cablet; it coils against the sun, or to the left hand.

    The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
  • The direction in which its strands are twisted; hawser is right-handed; cablet left-handed.

    The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth
  • Then he found himself in a four-oared Cablet and the Sea became very Rough.

    People You Know|George Ade

British Dictionary definitions for cablet

cablet
/ (ˈkeɪblɪt) /

noun

a small cable, esp a cable-laid rope that has a circumference of less than 25 centimetres (ten inches)
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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