meaning of cable7

1. 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.
2.
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.
3.
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.
4.
To fasten with a cable.
5.
To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
6.
To telegraph by a submarine cable
7.
a very strong thick rope made of twisted hemp or steel wire


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