Sent a message by telegraph through an underwater or ground cable, or equipped with cables.
From 'cable,' which comes from Latin 'capulum' through Old French, originally referring to a rope or thick cord; 'cable' as a verb emerged with telegraph technology in the 1800s.
Before the transatlantic telegraph cable was laid in 1858, international communication took weeks by ship—suddenly people could send messages across the ocean in minutes, and the verb 'cabled' became essential to business and diplomacy.
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