![]() ![]() noun to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et.noun to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship to let more cable run out of the hawse hole.noun a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas.noun the cable belonging to the sheet anchor.Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). noun a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor.noun the cable belonging to the bower anchor.noun (Arch) 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.noun A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting or insulating substance.It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links. noun A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes.transitive verb (Arch.) To ornament with cabling.transitive verb To fasten with a cable.verb Recent To telegraph by a submarine cable.To send a message by a telegraph-cable.įrom the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.In architecture, to fill (the flutes of columns) with cables or cylindrical pieces.To make into a cable specifically, to twist two threads together and then to twist, three of these doubled threads into one, as in the manufacture of sewing-thread.noun An abbreviation of cable-car: as, to take the cable up-town.noun A cablegram a cable message: as, a cable announcing their departure has just been received.noun A cylindrical molding inserted in the flute of a column and partly filling it.noun In architecture: A molding of the torus kind, with its surface cut in imitation of the twisting of a rope.noun The traction-rope of a cable-railroad.noun Specifically A large, strong rope or chain, such as is used to hold a vessel at anchor.intransitive verb To supply or fasten with a cable or cables.intransitive verb To transmit (a message) by telegraph.intransitive verb To send a cablegram to.adjective Of or relating to a subscription television or Internet service that uses cables to carry signals between local distribution antennas and the subscriber's location.noun A similar service providing Internet access.noun A heavy rope or chain for mooring or anchoring a ship.noun A sheathed bundle of optical fibers. ![]() noun Electricity A bound or sheathed group of mutually insulated conductors.noun Something that resembles such steel or fiber rope.noun A strong, large-diameter, heavy steel or fiber rope.From The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. ![]()
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