The pipeline is made up of nine pipes which are joined by an internal cable threaded through them.

Beyond the barricade, each separate stall was carefully shielded from spies and odds-makers by tall baffles of tarpaulin, tautly braced by criss-crossed cables threaded through flagpoles.

The guns were held in place by a length of cable threaded through the trigger-guards.

It had not escaped his notice that one of the female lumpheads assigned to bring him food had blue and red electric cable threaded through her plaited hair.

Called the Residence Tower of the Chinese Consulate General, the $28 million building bears an arched, ribbed roof with a curved facade of frameless glass held in place by cables threaded through pinholes.

The pin is typically 20-30 cm long, 4-8mm diameter, with a sharp point at one end, and with the cable threaded through a hole, usually in the middle.

However, before he can get to do so, Fay is electrocuted in her bath upstairs, by a cable threaded through a hole in the wall from a van outside masquerading as an electricity van, operated by Dave Carter.

The gulf between a PC and a stereo system is often bridged by lengths of audio cable threaded through holes in the baseboards.