The present disclosure relates to a woven-fabric adhesive tape, more particularly a cable-wrapping tape, comprising a tape-shaped woven-fabric backing having at least one adhesive coating applied to at least one side of the backing. The woven-fabric backing is formed from warp threads and weft threads and the linear density of the weft threads in dtex is greater than the linear density of the warp threads in dtex. The width-based linear density of the warp threads in dtex/cm is less than the length-based linear density of the weft threads in dtex/cm. The width-based linear density of the warp threads is about 2000 to 4000 dtex/cm and the length-based linear density of the weft threads is about 8000 to 20 000 dtex/cm, preferably 8000 to 16 000 dtex/cm. The disclosure further provides a tape-shaped woven-fabric backing for use in a woven-fabric adhesive tape.