Wiktionary
n. 1 Electrical wire that has the insulated stands enclosed in a further sheath. 2 Wire for the transmission of electricity or electronic signals, protected by an enclosing web of earthed wire mesh or metal foil to avoid electromagnetic interference from (or to) other signals.
Usage examples of "sheathed cable".
From the window a heavy lead-sheathed cable attached to a wire almost equally as heavy stretched down the castle wall into the darkness.
She turned to run, but a steel-sheathed cable whipped up like a predatory snake from the trash-undergrowth and whiplashed around her ankle, pulling her to the ground.
It was covered with black canvas and lashed to the mast and decking with a strange type of metal-sheathed cable.
A sheathed cable led from the capsule to a small control box, which was connected to an outside control panel.