cablet

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noun

1. a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 centimeters) in circumference.

cablet

/ ˈkeɪblɪt /

noun

1. a small cable, esp a cable-laid rope that has a circumference of less than 25 centimetres (ten inches)

Word History and Origins

Origin of cablet¹

First recorded in 1565–75; cable + -et

Example Sentences

The twisted fibres of hemp become yarn; many yarns become a strand; three strands make a rope; and three ropes make a cablet, or small cable.

From Project Gutenberg

In rope-making the cable varies from 100 to 115 fathoms; cablet, 120 fathoms; hawser-laid, 130 fathoms, as determined by the admiralty in 1830.

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Is to turn it the contrary way to that which it was heaving, so as to take the strain off, or slacken or let out some of the cablet or rope which is about it.—Come up the tackle-fall.

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A rope, cablet, or chain by which a vessel is secured to a wharf; and termed bow, head, breast, quarter, or stern fasts, as the case may be.

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The same as cablet; it coils against the sun, or to the left hand.

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