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cablet

[ key-blit ]

noun

  1. a small cable, especially a cablelaid rope under 10 inches (25 centimeters) in circumference.

cablet

/ ˈkeɪblɪt /

noun

  1. a small cable, esp a cable-laid rope that has a circumference of less than 25 centimetres (ten inches)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cablet1

First recorded in 1565–75; cable + -et
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Example Sentences

The direction in which its strands are twisted; hawser is right-handed; cablet left-handed.

Then he found himself in a four-oared Cablet and the Sea became very Rough.

The same as cablet; it coils against the sun, or to the left hand.

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