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cable
1[ key-buhl ]
noun
- a heavy, strong rope.
- a very strong rope made of strands of metal wire, as used to support cable cars or suspension bridges.
- a cord of metal wire used to operate or pull a mechanism.
- Nautical.
- a thick hawser made of rope, strands of metal wire, or chain.
- Electricity. an insulated electrical conductor, often in strands, or a combination of electrical conductors insulated from one another.
- Architecture. one of a number of reedings set into the flutes of a column or pilaster.
verb (used with object)
, ca·bled, ca·bling.
- to send (a message) by cable.
- to send a cablegram to.
- to fasten with a cable.
- to furnish with a cable.
- to join (cities, parts of a country, etc.) by means of a cable television network:
The state will be completely cabled in a few years.
verb (used without object)
, ca·bled, ca·bling.
- to send a message by cable.
- to cable-stitch.
Cable
2[ key-buhl ]
noun
- George Washington, 1844–1925, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
cable
/ ˈkeɪbəl /
noun
- a strong thick rope, usually of twisted hemp or steel wire
- nautical an anchor chain or rope
- a unit of distance in navigation, equal to one tenth of a sea mile (about 600 feet)
- Also calledcable lengthcable's length a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- a wire or bundle of wires that conducts electricity See also coaxial cable
a submarine cable
- Also calledoverseas telegraminternational telegramcablegram a telegram sent abroad by submarine cable, radio, communications satellite, or by telephone line
- See cable stitch
- short for cable television
verb
- to send (a message) to (someone) by cable
- tr to fasten or provide with a cable or cables
- tr to supply (a place) with or link (a place) to cable television
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- cable·like adjective
- re·cable verb recabled recabling
- un·cabled adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cable1
1175–1225; Middle English, probably < Old North French *cable < Late Latin capulum lasso; compare Latin capulāre to rope, halter (cattle), akin to capere to take
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cable1
C13: from Old Norman French, from Late Latin capulum halter
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