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That can be boarded, as a ship.

Navigable for boats, or small river craft. The boatable waters of the Alleghany. J. Morse.

Capable of being bored. [R.]

Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; easily influenced; yielding. [Obs.]

Capable of being broken.

Such as can be breathed.

State of being breathable.

Capable of being bribed. A more bribable class of electors. S. Edwards.

Combustible. Cotgrave.

A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.

Fastened with, or attached to, a cable or rope. "The cabled stone." Dyer.

A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable.

Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.

A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.

That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.

That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation.

cation, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault. Concious of jou and capable of pain. Prior.

The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.

Capable of being carried.

Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. [R.] Ruskin.