English: metonymic occupational name for a maker of rope,
especially the type of stout rope used in maritime applications, from
Anglo-Norman French cable ‘cable’ (Late Latin capulum
‘halter’, of Arabic origin, but associated by folk etymology with
Latin capere ‘to seize’).English: possibly from an Old
English personal name, Ceadbeald.English: metonymic
occupational name for a horseman, from Middle English cabal
‘horse’.From German Göbel (see
Goebel), assimilated to the English name.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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