Cable
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
A large and strong rope or chain, such as is attached to a vessel's anchors or the traction-rope of a street railway Operated by the cable system, (Hooper v. Railway Co., 85 Md. 509, 37 Atl. 359, 38 In R. A. 509J or used in submarine telegraphy, (see 25 Sint. 41 [U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 3586].)