CABLE

a term applied to a large rope; + chain used for holding a ve el to her nchor or other fixed body. Chain cables "ce stronger and Je liable to damage from iction against rocks, and have almost atirely supplanted those made from emp. To cnable a ve el to slip ber: nchor readily, in case of emergency, rain cables are made in fifteen fathom otions, jointed together by shackles and: olts. The so eee easily detached ty riking out the belt. Usually the a CAB. consist a of ciglt auch sections, so Uk a cable's length indicates 120 fathom See Atlantic Cable. CABOT, [s. 86]