slip the cable
To release the end of the cable (for mooring or anchoring) on board and let it all run out and go overboard, such as when it is not appropriate to weigh anchor.
cable
UK /ˈkeɪ.bəl/ US /ˈkeɪ.bəl/
noun 5verb 5name 5
Definitions
noun
1
A long object used to make a physical connection.
2
A long object used to make a physical connection.
3
A long object used to make a physical connection.
4
A long object used to make a physical connection.
“And now the time of tide has come; the ship casts off her cables; and from the deserted wharf the uncheered ship for Tarshish, all careening, glides to sea.
5
A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
I tried to watch the movie last night but my cable was out.
If the takeover is approved, Comcast would control 20 of the top 25 cable markets, […]. Antitrust officials will need to consider Comcast’s status as a monopsony (a buyer with disproportionate power), when it comes to negotiations with programmers, whose channels it pays to carry.
verb
1
To provide (something) with cable(s).
2
To fasten (something) (as if) with cable(s).
3
To wrap (wires) to form a cable.
4
To send (a telegram, news, etc.) by cable.
Details of a bottle fight in El Morocco were cabled all over the world.
On 8th November Anthony cabled them, ‘Your great-grandson Randal Lewis Casson arrived to-day. Both well,’ and we sent, ‘Congratulations on becoming great-grandparents.’
5
To communicate by cable.
name
1
A surname from Anglo-Norman.
2
A place in the United States:
3
A place in the United States:
4
A place in the United States:
5
A place in the United States:
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