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cablework

cablework noun: cables generally; cabling.

Noun

cablework (uncountable)

  1. Cables generally; cabling.
    • 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.1943, Sir Reginald Bacon, Britain's Glorious Navy, page 28

Origin of cablework

From cable + -work.

Questions about cablework

What does cablework mean?
Cablework means cables generally; cabling.
What part of speech is cablework?
Cablework is a noun.

Words near cablework in the dictionary

  1. cableties
  2. cablets
  3. cablevision
  4. cableway
  5. cableways
  6. cablework
  7. cablike
  8. Cablinasian
  9. Cablinasians
  10. cabling
  11. cabling up

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