Chapter C to Cable of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). —

Cable tier. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable. — Sheet cable, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. — Stream cable, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas. — Submarine cable. See Telegraph. — To pay out the cable, To veer out the cable, to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. — To serve the cable, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. — To slip the cable, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.

Cable
(Ca"ble) v. t.

1. To fasten with a cable.

2. (Arch.) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.

Cable
(Ca"ble), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cabled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabling ] To telegraph by a submarine cable [Recent]