Cable
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
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].)
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The great rope of a ship, to which the anchor is fastened.