cablework

English

Etymology

From cable +‎ -work.

Noun

cablework (uncountable)

  1. Cables generally; cabling.
    • 1943, Sir Reginald Bacon, Britain's Glorious Navy, page 28:
      By custom of the Navy the first lieutenant, or "Jimmy the One" as he is called, is in charge of cables and cablework on the forecastle.

Anagrams

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.