a. (UN-1 9.)
1791. Cowper, Odyss., XIII. 117. Within it, ships (The port once gain’d) uncabled ride secure.
1872. Sir D. Brewster, in J. S. Jeans, Western Worthies, 93. He had provided … the world of action with the means of carrying the messages of commerce and civilisation which have yet to cross the uncabled oceans that separate the families of the earth.
