A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
A strong rope or chain used to moor or anchor a ship.
An assembly of two or more wires, used for electrical power or data circuits; one or more and/or the whole may be insulated.
An assembly of two or more cable-laid ropes.
The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
A strong, large-diameter wire or rope, or something resembling such a rope.
A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.
A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
To communicate by cable
To provide with cable(s)
To ornament with cabling.
To wrap wires to form a cable
To fasten (as if) with cable(s)
To create cable stitches.
To send a telegram, news, etc., by cable
A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.
A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.
A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
A rectangular container used for washing or rinsing clothes.
A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.
Any similarly shaped container.
A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.
low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle
To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough.