wiring loom

English

Noun

wiring loom (plural wiring looms)

1. (electrical) A wiring harness; a bundle of wires, tied together but not enclosed in a rigid conduit, that transmit signals or electrical current within a device.
   • 2011 December 19, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, “1.12.5 Aircraft wiring examinations”, in In-flight upset - 154 km west of Learmonth, WA, 7 October 2008, VH-QPA, Airbus A330-303‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 May 2022, page 50:

     Due to the extent of damage to the ceiling panels in the cabin, all the panels were removed and the wiring looms were visually inspected while the aircraft was at Learmonth. No defects were observed.

   • 2015, Bloomsbury Publishing, The Boat Improvement Bible, page 108:

     The next task is to pass the cable wiring loom through the boat. If you have ducting running along the inside of the hull this is ideal, but most boats will not be equipped with such luxuries, so you will have to find the best way through and then protect the cables with cable trunking (plastic protection).

2. An insulating tube used to bundle individual wires into a wiring harness.