"cable ship" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 134",
          "text": "The land line was eight months later in its completion than was anticipated, but the fleet of cable ships, sent out by the British Australian Telegraph Company, arrived in Port Darwin at the date appointed by them: November 6th, 1871.",
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      "glosses": [
        "a vessel fitted for laying and repairing submarine cables; it has a large roller built over the bows for paying out cable."
      ],
      "hypernyms": [
        {
          "word": "ship"
        }
      ],
      "hyponyms": [
        {
          "word": "cable layer"
        },
        {
          "word": "cable repair ship"
        }
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          "laying",
          "laying"
        ],
        [
          "repairing",
          "repairing"
        ],
        [
          "submarine",
          "submarine"
        ],
        [
          "cable",
          "cable"
        ],
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          "roller",
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          "bow",
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          "paying out",
          "pay out"
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        "(nautical) a vessel fitted for laying and repairing submarine cables; it has a large roller built over the bows for paying out cable."
      ],
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          "word": "CS"
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        "transport"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "navire câblier"
        }
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  "word": "cable ship"
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    {
      "word": "cable layer"
    },
    {
      "word": "cable repair ship"
    }
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        "a vessel fitted for laying and repairing submarine cables; it has a large roller built over the bows for paying out cable."
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          "laying",
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          "repairing",
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          "cable",
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        "(nautical) a vessel fitted for laying and repairing submarine cables; it has a large roller built over the bows for paying out cable."
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "navire câblier"
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  "word": "cable ship"
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