Ca"ble*gram` (kā"b'l*grăm`), n. [Cable, n. + Gr. gra`mma a writing, a letter.] A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable. [A recent hybrid, sometimes found in the newspapers.]
Ca"ble*laid` (-lād`), a. 1. (Naut.) Composed of three three- stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.