cable-laid

adjective

(of a rope) made of three plain-laid ropes twisted together in a left-handed direction

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At that time there were but eighty-seven nautical miles of submarine cable laid, while now there are nearly 200,000 statute miles.

Large ropes are distinguished into two main classes, the cable-laid and hawser-laid.

Very soon there would even be a telegraphic cable laid to the mainland.

Fayal is connected with Waterville, in Ireland, by a cable laid in 1901.

He wants a third cable laid, and two complete lines from here to New York, before he will be satisfied.

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