To pay out the cable
to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. |
See also: Cable
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. |
See also: Cable