cable's length
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of cable's length
First recorded in 1545–55
Example Sentences
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Why, she's not a cable's length from where you are.
From Submarine U93 by Charles Gilson
The Adventure was moored in seventeen fathoms, about a cable's length within the low green point on the south side: and the Chanticleer lay in ten fathoms near the head of the Cove.
From Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 by Robert Fitzroy
Mr. Garboard had already gone on board the prize, hauled her off from the ship, where she was chafing her sides, and moored her a cable's length distant.
From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Oliver Optic
A cable's length on the port beam the Carse o' Gowrie was backing gently astern in order to close with her consort.
From With Beatty off Jutland A Romance of the Great Sea Fight by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
A cable's length astern was another dhow, the crew of which had just relinquished their sweeps and were preparing to hoist sail.
From The Wireless Officer by Percy F. (Percy Francis) Westerman
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