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cable drums

cable drums is the plural of cable drum.

Meaning of cable drum

Noun

cable drum (plural cable drums)

  1. A cable reel, on which (electrical) cable is wound for transport and ultimate use.
  2. A driven cylindrical winding drum around which a steel cable is wound, used for haulage on inclines, ski lifts etc.
    • Cable drum at the head of the Bryngwyn incline1944 September and October, “Scenes on the Abandoned Welsh Highland Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 292, photo caption

Questions about cable drums

What is cable drums the plural of?
Cable drums is the plural of cable drum.

Words near cable drums in the dictionary

  1. cable car
  2. cable cars
  3. cable core
  4. cable cores
  5. cable drum
  6. cable drums
  7. cable ferries
  8. cable ferry
  9. cable gland
  10. cable glands
  11. cable guy

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