cable /kāˈbl/

1. A strong rope or chain for hauling or tying anything, esp a ship's anchor
2. A cable-laid rope
3. A cable-length
4. A cable-stitch, or the pattern formed by a series of these
5. A line of submarine telegraph wires embedded in gutta-percha and encased in coiled strands of iron wire
6. A bundle of insulated wires encased in a sheath for transmitting electricity or electrical signals and usu laid underground
7. A cabled message or cablegram
8. Cable television

1. To provide with or fasten with a cable
2. To tie up
3. To telegraph or send by cable
4. To provide with cable television

cāˈblecast noun

A broadcast on cable television

caˈblegram noun

A telegram sent by cable

cablet /kāˈblət/ noun

A cable or cable-laid rope with a circumference of less than 25cm (10 inches)

cāˈbling noun

A bead or moulding like a thick rope

caˈble-car noun

1. A car suspended from a moving overhead cable, used as a method of transport up mountains, across valleys, etc
2. A car on a cable railway

caˈble-drilling noun

Rope-drilling with the drill attached to a steel cable

caˈble-laid adjective

(of a rope) composed of three strands or ropes with a right-handed twist, twisted together in a left-handed direction

caˈble-length or caˈble's-length noun

A tenth of a nautical mile, approx 183 metres (200 yards) or 100 fathoms (in USA, approx 219 metres (720 feet) or 120 fathoms)

caˈble-moulding noun

A bead or moulding carved in imitation of a thick rope

cable railway

See cable tramway below

cable release noun (image technol)

A device, a length of stiff wire cable in a flexible tube, for releasing a camera shutter

cable-stayed bridge noun

A type of suspension bridge in which the supporting cables are connected directly to the bridge deck from one or more towers

caˈble-stitch noun

(a series of stitches producing) a pattern or design resembling a twisted rope

cable television noun

The transmission of television programmes by cable to individual subscribers

cable tramway or cable railway noun

One along which cars or carriages are drawn by a cable operated by a stationary motor

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• slip a cable
• slip a mooring
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• slip-carriage
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• slip cover
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