cable
1.
2. Electricity. A bound or sheathed group of mutually insulated conductors.
3. Nautical. a. A heavy rope or chain for mooring or anchoring a ship. b. A cable length.
4. A cablegram.
5. Cable television.
verb
cabled
2. To supply or fasten with a cable or cables.
To send a cablegram.
[Middle English, from Old North French, from Late Latin capulum, lasso, from Latin capere, to seize.]
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