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cable ships

cable ships is the plural of cable ship.

Meaning of cable ship

Noun

cable ship (plural cable ships)

  1. a vessel fitted for laying and repairing submarine cables; it has a large roller built over the bows for paying out cable.
    • The land line was eight months later in its completion than was anticipated, but the fleet of cable ships, sent out by the British Australian Telegraph Company, arrived in Port Darwin at the date appointed by them: November 6th, 1871.1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 134
    Synonyms:
    CS

Questions about cable ships

What is cable ships the plural of?
Cable ships is the plural of cable ship.

Words near cable ships in the dictionary

  1. cable pullers
  2. cable radio
  3. cable release
  4. cable releases
  5. cable ship
  6. cable ships
  7. cable spaghetti
  8. cable station
  9. cable stations
  10. cable stitch
  11. Cable Street

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