Definition of cable

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• v. t. - To fasten with a cable.
• v. t. - To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
• v. t. & i. - To telegraph by a submarine cable
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• v. t. - To fasten with a cable.
• v. t. - To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.
• v. t. & i. - To telegraph by a submarine cable