"cable" Definition

Definitions for the word "cable" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. v. t.
To fasten with a cable.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. v. t.
To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. t. & i.
To telegraph by a submarine cable
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
1 encased group of insulated wires for transmitting electricity etc. 2 thick rope of wire or hemp. 3 cablegram. 4 (in full cable stitch) knitting stitch resembling twisted rope. v. (-ling) transmit (a message) or inform (a person) by cablegram. [latin caplum halter, from arabic]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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