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cablet

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/ ˈkeɪ blɪt /
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noun
a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 centimeters) in circumference.
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Origin of cablet

First recorded in 1565–75; cable + -et

Words nearby cablet

cable-ready, cable release, cable's length, cable-stayed bridge, cable-stitch, cablet, cable television, cable tie, cablevision, cableway, cabling
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How to use cablet in a sentence

  • The direction in which its strands are twisted; hawser is right-handed; cablet left-handed.

    The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

  • Then he found himself in a four-oared Cablet and the Sea became very Rough.

    People You Know|George Ade

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

    The Sailor's Word-Book|William Henry Smyth

British Dictionary definitions for cablet

cablet
/ (ˈkeɪblɪt) /
noun
a small cable, esp a cable-laid rope that has a circumference of less than 25 centimetres (ten inches)
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