How To Use Cable's length In A Sentence

• The three vessels were not more than half a cable's length asunder; that is, we were about that distance from the ship, and the lugger was a very little farther from us. Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale
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• By the time that our preparations were complete, the stranger -- now identifiable beyond all question as the _Kingfisher_, since she carried her name legibly painted in white letters upon her head-boards -- had passed through the reef and, taking in her canvas as she came, was steering for a berth about a cable's length from where the _Martha_ lay; and a few minutes later she put down her helm, came head to wind, and presently let go her anchor. Turned Adrift
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