noun

1. a thick, heavy rope, now often of wire strands
2. the strong, heavy chain attached to a ship's anchor: anchor cables were formerly of rope
3. cable length
4. a bundle of insulated wires through which an electric current can be passed: telegraph or telephone cables are often laid under the ground or on the ocean floor
5. ☆ a cablegram
6. cable TV

Etymology: ME & OFr < LL capulum, a cable, rope < L capere, to take hold: see have

transitive verb cabled -·bled, cabling -·bling

1. to fasten or furnish with a cable or cables
2. to transmit by undersea cable
3. to send a cablegram to

intransitive verb