- (n.) A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire or of iron links.
- (v.t.) To fasten with a cable.
- (n.) A rope of steel wire or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.
- (v.t.) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
- (v.t.&i.) To telegraph by a submarine cable.
- (n.) A molding, shaft of a column or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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