trunking

English

Etymology

From trunk +‎ -ing.

Noun

trunking (countable and uncountable, plural trunkings)

1. All the electrical and communications cables bundled together and distributed through a building.
2. (business) The movement of containers or packages between a terminal and a transporter's inland facilities, or the scheduled transportation service between locations.

   Synonym: linehaul

   • 1964 August, “Dr. B lights a pre-election fuse”, in Modern Railways, page 76:

     But long-distance trunking, of course, is the cream of the road haulier's job as well as the railway's; hence the anguish.

3. (UK) A system of ducts for cables, heating or ventilation.
4. (UK) Plastic conduit or duct used to conceal and protect electrical wiring.
5. A two-way radio technique that uses a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios.

Synonyms

• (UK: conduit used to conceal and protect wiring): conduit, raceway, cable tray, wire molding, wire mold

Verb

trunking

1. present participle and gerund of trunk

See also

• MLT
• SLPP
• DSMLT
• RSMLT