chain-cablen.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chain n., cable n.

Etymology: < chain n. + cable n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchain-ˌcable.

A ship's cable formed of a chain. Also attributive.So called on coming into more general use in the early part of the 19th cent., to distinguish it from the ordinary (hemp) cable; now that it has almost entirely superseded the latter, ‘cable’ alone generally means chain-cable.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable > formed of chain

anchor chain1651

chain-cable1830

1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. xix. 291 His nerves were like a chain-cable.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. l. 200 The Tyrian divers..cut the cables of the ships which were anchored for the purpose of drawing up the stones. Chain cables were at length substituted.

1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ix. 84 Chain-cable forges.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	chain-cable
释义	chain-cablen. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: chain n., cable n. Etymology: < chain n. + cable n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈchain-ˌcable. A ship's cable formed of a chain. Also attributive.So called on coming into more general use in the early part of the 19th cent., to distinguish it from the ordinary (hemp) cable; now that it has almost entirely superseded the latter, ‘cable’ alone generally means chain-cable. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > equipment of vessel > anchoring equipment > [noun] > anchor rope or cable > formed of chain anchor chain1651 chain-cable1830 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. xix. 291 His nerves were like a chain-cable. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. l. 200 The Tyrian divers..cut the cables of the ships which were anchored for the purpose of drawing up the stones. Chain cables were at length substituted. 1846 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) ix. 84 Chain-cable forges. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1830
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