n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: ca · bled ; ca · bling \ ' k ā -b( ə -)li ŋ \
Date: circa 1500
transitive verb
1 : to fasten with or as if with a cable
2 : to provide with a cable or cables
3 : to telegraph by submarine cable
4 : to make into a cable or into a form resembling a cable
intransitive verb : to communicate by a submarine cable
– ca · bler \ -b( ə -)l ə r \ noun