Ca·ble (k  b l), George Washington 1844-1925. American writer whose works, including short stories and the novel The Grandissimes (1880), concern social order and racial discord in the South. |
| ca·ble (kbl) n. 1. a. A strong, large-diameter, heavy steel or fiber rope. b. Something that resembles such steel or fiber rope. 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. v. ca·bled, ca·bling, ca·bles v.tr. 1. a. To send a cablegram to. b. To transmit (a message) by telegraph. 2. To supply or fasten with a cable or cables. v.intr. To send a cablegram. [Middle English, from Old North French, from Late Latin capulum, lasso, from Latin capere, to seize; see kap- in Indo-European roots.] ca bler n. |
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