noun

• (material) A long object used to make a physical connection.
• (communications) A system for transmitting television or Internet services over a network of coaxial or fibreoptic cables.
• A telegram, notably when sent by (submarine) telegraph cable.
• A unit of length equal to one tenth of a nautical mile.
• (unit, chiefly nautical) 100 fathoms, 600 imperial feet, approximately 185 m.
• The currency pair British Pound against United States Dollar.
• A moulding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope.
• A textural pattern achieved by passing groups of stitches over one another.