cablework
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[edit]cablework (uncountable)
- Cables generally; cabling.
- 1943, Sir Reginald Bacon, Britain's Glorious Navy, page 28:
- By custom of the Navy the first lieutenant, or "Jimmy the One" as he is called, is in charge of cables and cablework on the forecastle.