cable tools
cable tools
[′kā·bəl ‚tülz] (mining engineering)
The bits and other bottom-hole tools and equipment used to drill boreholes by percussive action, using a cable, instead of rods, to connect the drilling bit with the machine on the surface.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.