cablework

noun

cablework

noun

Etymology From cable + -work.

1

Cables generally; cabling.

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.1943, Sir Reginald Bacon, Britain's Glorious Navy, page 28:

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