wiringn.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪərɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈwaɪ(ə)rɪŋ/

Forms: see wire v. and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wire v., -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < wire v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. The action of wire v. (in various senses).

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the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > trapping or snaring

telding?c1225

snaringc1440

snarlingc1440

wiring1809

tolling1838

trapping1867

noosing1878

society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphing

telegraphing1808

telegramming1861

wiring1872

cabling1903

marconigraphing1911

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > [noun] > types of play

roquet1859

roqueting1863

rushing1868

croquet1874

peeling1899

peel1907

wiring1966

1552 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 73 For vj mouldes for serpentes for the same hedpeces—ij^s. and for wyeryng of xj of those serpentes at viij^d the pece—vij^s. iiij^d.

1646 Sc. Notes & Queries 12 61 For wayring of my lordes glessin window.

1781 S. Fullmer Young Gardener's Best Compan. 49 Piercing or boring the layer is sometimes practised instead of wiring.

1809 S. Smith Char. Fox in Wks. (1859) I. 153/2 All the decretals of our ancestors respecting the wiring of hares.

1872 Punch 29 June 269/2 Unless he telegraphs, which, when once you've started him at what he calls ‘wiring’, he generally does three or four times a day.

1966 D. Miller & R. Thorp Croquet & How to Play It ix. 85 Wiring can be very useful in a leave, in that it eliminates one of the possible shots for the player's opponent.

1988 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 31 Mar. 835/1 Harrington rods were inserted, and the diseased vertebra was treated by debridement and wiring.

2004 BBC Gardeners' World Dec. 51/1 Wiring creates a strong, false stalk to attach the fruit and flowers to the frame.

b. spec. The installing or connecting of electric wires. Also with up.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > wires collectively > provision of

wiring1882

1882 Manufacturer & Builder Sept. 214/2 The work was done by the wiring department of the Edison Illuminating Company of New York.

1887 Manufacturer & Builder June 122/2 The whole of the wiring which followed that properly done by the Edison company, was done..in the most reckless and dangerous manner.

1901 L. M. Waterhouse Conduit Wiring 51 The wiring in this building has been carried out entirely on the ‘loop’ method, there being no joints in any of the wires or cables.

1955 Oxf. Junior Encycl. XI. 131/2 With one method of wiring, separate stranded copper wires with VIR insulation are used.

1981 A. J. Quinnell Mahdi (1982) xviii. 216 The wiring up of the telecommunications equipment.

2003 HomeDIY Dec. 52/2 Many DIY alarms these days are ‘wire-free’—that is, the communication between sensors and the control panel is by radio waves so no awkward wiring is necessary.

a. concrete. Wires collectively; esp. the electric wires in a device or building.

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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > wire

wireOE

wiring1804

the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > wires collectively

wiring1883

spaghetti1935

1804 L. de Boisgelin Anc. & Mod. Malta I. i. iii. 48 One of these courts was once covered with brass wiring, and formed a large aviary.

1883 Science 16 Nov. 643/1 The Edison company..was prepared to enter into a contract for a complete plant, including the engine and the wiring.

1923 Wireless World 5 May 135 (caption) The underside of the panel, showing the arrangement of the components and the wiring.

1958 ‘C. Fremlin’ Hours before Dawn iii. 29 A rather cultured way of making me put a two-bar fire in her room... It's a matter of the wiring on the top floor.

1978 H. E. L. Andrew Batsford Encycl. Crafts 183/2 Saddle tack wiring is laid in the opened-out tack, which is then buckled close.

1994 C. McWilliam Debatable Land (1995) x. 207 The whole boat was alive with loosed electric shocks from the sodden wiring.

b. Boatbuilding. A stringer supporting the thwarts of a boat. rare.

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society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > interior plank connecting ribs

stringer1830

box stringer1858

bilge-stringer1869

hold-stringer1869

wiring1878

1878 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing xx. 213 Table of Scantlings and Dimensions of Spars... Mast beam, double-kneed, with lodging knee to wiring.

1917 A. Ansted Dict. Sea Terms at Stringers The extra stout stringer upon which the thwarts (seats) of an open boat are placed is called the wiring.

2000 R. Mayne Lang. Sailing 342 Wiring, (in a small boat) the stringers that support the thwarts.

c. In extended use. The brain and nerves, or the connections between these, esp. regarded as determining behaviour or mental function.Recorded earliest in wiring system (cf. wiring system at Compounds 1).

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1936 Science Sept. 216/1 This para sympathetic and the ganglianated [sic] sympathetic are the antique wiring systems of the early animal.

1971 New Scientist 16 Sept. 614/2 It is difficult to comprehend how this sort of rigid wiring can be specified genetically.

1997 K. Reichs Déjà Dead xxiii. 289 He's psychologically malformed... His wiring's twisted and now he's fed you into whatever degenerate nightmare he's spinning for himself.

2006 The Word July 91/3 Both boys might have inherited some faulty brain wiring from their father.

Compounds

C1. General attributive, as wiring machine, wiring system, etc.

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1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. V. 1469/2 Folding machine; grooving machine; wiring machine; [etc.].

1887 Manch. Exhib. Catal. 126 Complete Plants for the Manufacture of Aerated Waters,..Wiring Machine, [etc.].

1902 W. C. Clinton Electr. Wiring iii. 52 Wiring Systems.

1946 Man. Operation Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (Harvard Computation Lab.) v. 245 In order to simplify the plugging diagrams, a wiring convention will be employed.

1965 G. Daniels How to be Home Electrician i. 16 Ordinary utility pliers (sometimes called mechanic's pliers) can usually handle most wiring jobs.

1982 A. F. Wallace Progress Plastic Surg. iii. 40 In an evaluation of advances in the treatment of fractures of the jaws..attention is drawn to improvement in iterossious wiring techniques.

1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) vii. 298/2 All portable appliances and some of the smaller fixed ones..are connected to your home's permanent wiring system by means of conductors in the form of flexible cord.

2001 C. H. Wendel Encycl. Antique Tools & Machinery 243/1 Wiring machines are used to form the metal over a wire, as in a wired edge.

C2.

wiring diagram n. a diagram of the wires in an electrical installation or device, showing the relationship between connections and components and usually also their physical arrangement; also figurative.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > wires collectively > diagram of

wiring diagram1894

1894 D. K. Clark Tramways (ed. 2) vi. ix. 647 The T-rails are double-bonded throughout and cross-connected at two points, as shown in the wiring diagram.

1967 ‘A. Cordell’ Bright Cantonese xvii. 203 ‘There must be a switch assembly somewhere.’... ‘She gave me a wiring diagram.’

1969 Times 13 Feb. 10/3 Until more is known about how the wiring diagram is modified, there can be little evidence in support of theories assuming that changes in nerve connexions are the basis of learning and memory.

1998 Canal Boat & Inland Waterways Aug. 73/1 He will now receive an Owner's Manual, complete with operating instructions, a wiring diagram and list of equipment fitted.

wiring harness n. a bundle of individually insulated wires bound closely together by means of ties at intervals and conveying signals or power in a motor vehicle, appliance, or machine.

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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > network of

counterpoise1907

wiring harness1919

1919 Des Moines (Iowa) Sunday Capital 13 July 5/2 (advt.) We also furnish complete Wiring Harness to wire the car for starting, lighting and battery ignition.

1976 B. Gaddis How to repair Home Laundry Appliances vi. 162 Many failures encountered in the wiring can be located by simply going through the wiring harness.

2002 I. Studer-Noguez Ford & Global Strategies of Multinationals 247 Ford closed an aluminum die-casting plant in Sheffield, Alabama;..the company also closed its in-house wiring harness operations.

wiring loom n. = wiring harness n., loom n.¹ 6b.

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1944 U.S. Patent 2,355,151 2/1 The clearance space, for maneuvering the radio into position behind the instrument panel crowded with gauges, mechanical attachments or wiring looms, is at a premium.

1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 139/1 A wiring loom prevented the dipstick being removed or replaced easily.

2006 SuperBike June 119/3 Even the 2006 Yamaha R6 had optional factory-developed race parts available—wiring looms, engine parts, chassis mods—before the start of the season.

wiring party n. Military (now chiefly historical) (esp. in the First World War (1914–1818)) a squad sent out to erect and repair barbed wire entanglements.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > wiring party

wiring party1915

1915 Times 7 Sept. 3/2 He was in charge of a wiring party which came under heavy artillery fire while working in the open.

1995 F. Gaffen Cross-border Warriors iii. 158 Lieutenant G. B. Meynell..led a fighting patrol of fifteen men from A Company on the night of 2–3 May 1953 to deal with an enemy wiring party.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	wiring
释义	wiringn. Brit. /ˈwʌɪərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈwaɪ(ə)rɪŋ/ Forms: see wire v. and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: wire v., -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < wire v. + -ing suffix¹. 1. a. The action of wire v. (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > trapping or snaring telding?c1225 snaringc1440 snarlingc1440 wiring1809 tolling1838 trapping1867 noosing1878 society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphing telegraphing1808 telegramming1861 wiring1872 cabling1903 marconigraphing1911 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > croquet > [noun] > types of play roquet1859 roqueting1863 rushing1868 croquet1874 peeling1899 peel1907 wiring1966 1552 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Edward VI (1914) 73 For vj mouldes for serpentes for the same hedpeces—ij^s. and for wyeryng of xj of those serpentes at viij^d the pece—vij^s. iiij^d. 1646 Sc. Notes & Queries 12 61 For wayring of my lordes glessin window. 1781 S. Fullmer Young Gardener's Best Compan. 49 Piercing or boring the layer is sometimes practised instead of wiring. 1809 S. Smith Char. Fox in Wks. (1859) I. 153/2 All the decretals of our ancestors respecting the wiring of hares. 1872 Punch 29 June 269/2 Unless he telegraphs, which, when once you've started him at what he calls ‘wiring’, he generally does three or four times a day. 1966 D. Miller & R. Thorp Croquet & How to Play It ix. 85 Wiring can be very useful in a leave, in that it eliminates one of the possible shots for the player's opponent. 1988 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. 31 Mar. 835/1 Harrington rods were inserted, and the diseased vertebra was treated by debridement and wiring. 2004 BBC Gardeners' World Dec. 51/1 Wiring creates a strong, false stalk to attach the fruit and flowers to the frame. b. spec. The installing or connecting of electric wires. Also with up. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > wires collectively > provision of wiring1882 1882 Manufacturer & Builder Sept. 214/2 The work was done by the wiring department of the Edison Illuminating Company of New York. 1887 Manufacturer & Builder June 122/2 The whole of the wiring which followed that properly done by the Edison company, was done..in the most reckless and dangerous manner. 1901 L. M. Waterhouse Conduit Wiring 51 The wiring in this building has been carried out entirely on the ‘loop’ method, there being no joints in any of the wires or cables. 1955 Oxf. Junior Encycl. XI. 131/2 With one method of wiring, separate stranded copper wires with VIR insulation are used. 1981 A. J. Quinnell Mahdi (1982) xviii. 216 The wiring up of the telecommunications equipment. 2003 HomeDIY Dec. 52/2 Many DIY alarms these days are ‘wire-free’—that is, the communication between sensors and the control panel is by radio waves so no awkward wiring is necessary. 2. a. concrete. Wires collectively; esp. the electric wires in a device or building. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > metal > metal in specific state or form > [noun] > wire wireOE wiring1804 the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > wires collectively wiring1883 spaghetti1935 1804 L. de Boisgelin Anc. & Mod. Malta I. i. iii. 48 One of these courts was once covered with brass wiring, and formed a large aviary. 1883 Science 16 Nov. 643/1 The Edison company..was prepared to enter into a contract for a complete plant, including the engine and the wiring. 1923 Wireless World 5 May 135 (caption) The underside of the panel, showing the arrangement of the components and the wiring. 1958 ‘C. Fremlin’ Hours before Dawn iii. 29 A rather cultured way of making me put a two-bar fire in her room... It's a matter of the wiring on the top floor. 1978 H. E. L. Andrew Batsford Encycl. Crafts 183/2 Saddle tack wiring is laid in the opened-out tack, which is then buckled close. 1994 C. McWilliam Debatable Land (1995) x. 207 The whole boat was alive with loosed electric shocks from the sodden wiring. b. Boatbuilding. A stringer supporting the thwarts of a boat. rare. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > body of vessel > [noun] > timbers of hull > interior plank connecting ribs stringer1830 box stringer1858 bilge-stringer1869 hold-stringer1869 wiring1878 1878 D. Kemp Man. Yacht & Boat Sailing xx. 213 Table of Scantlings and Dimensions of Spars... Mast beam, double-kneed, with lodging knee to wiring. 1917 A. Ansted Dict. Sea Terms at Stringers The extra stout stringer upon which the thwarts (seats) of an open boat are placed is called the wiring. 2000 R. Mayne Lang. Sailing 342 Wiring, (in a small boat) the stringers that support the thwarts. c. In extended use. The brain and nerves, or the connections between these, esp. regarded as determining behaviour or mental function.Recorded earliest in wiring system (cf. wiring system at Compounds 1). ΚΠ 1936 Science Sept. 216/1 This para sympathetic and the ganglianated [sic] sympathetic are the antique wiring systems of the early animal. 1971 New Scientist 16 Sept. 614/2 It is difficult to comprehend how this sort of rigid wiring can be specified genetically. 1997 K. Reichs Déjà Dead xxiii. 289 He's psychologically malformed... His wiring's twisted and now he's fed you into whatever degenerate nightmare he's spinning for himself. 2006 The Word July 91/3 Both boys might have inherited some faulty brain wiring from their father. Compounds C1. General attributive, as wiring machine, wiring system, etc. ΚΠ 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. V. 1469/2 Folding machine; grooving machine; wiring machine; [etc.]. 1887 Manch. Exhib. Catal. 126 Complete Plants for the Manufacture of Aerated Waters,..Wiring Machine, [etc.]. 1902 W. C. Clinton Electr. Wiring iii. 52 Wiring Systems. 1946 Man. Operation Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (Harvard Computation Lab.) v. 245 In order to simplify the plugging diagrams, a wiring convention will be employed. 1965 G. Daniels How to be Home Electrician i. 16 Ordinary utility pliers (sometimes called mechanic's pliers) can usually handle most wiring jobs. 1982 A. F. Wallace Progress Plastic Surg. iii. 40 In an evaluation of advances in the treatment of fractures of the jaws..attention is drawn to improvement in iterossious wiring techniques. 1993 Collins Compl. DIY Man. (new ed.) vii. 298/2 All portable appliances and some of the smaller fixed ones..are connected to your home's permanent wiring system by means of conductors in the form of flexible cord. 2001 C. H. Wendel Encycl. Antique Tools & Machinery 243/1 Wiring machines are used to form the metal over a wire, as in a wired edge. C2. wiring diagram n. a diagram of the wires in an electrical installation or device, showing the relationship between connections and components and usually also their physical arrangement; also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > wires collectively > diagram of wiring diagram1894 1894 D. K. Clark Tramways (ed. 2) vi. ix. 647 The T-rails are double-bonded throughout and cross-connected at two points, as shown in the wiring diagram. 1967 ‘A. Cordell’ Bright Cantonese xvii. 203 ‘There must be a switch assembly somewhere.’... ‘She gave me a wiring diagram.’ 1969 Times 13 Feb. 10/3 Until more is known about how the wiring diagram is modified, there can be little evidence in support of theories assuming that changes in nerve connexions are the basis of learning and memory. 1998 Canal Boat & Inland Waterways Aug. 73/1 He will now receive an Owner's Manual, complete with operating instructions, a wiring diagram and list of equipment fitted. wiring harness n. a bundle of individually insulated wires bound closely together by means of ties at intervals and conveying signals or power in a motor vehicle, appliance, or machine. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > transmission of electricity, conduction > wire as conductor > [noun] > network of counterpoise1907 wiring harness1919 1919 Des Moines (Iowa) Sunday Capital 13 July 5/2 (advt.) We also furnish complete Wiring Harness to wire the car for starting, lighting and battery ignition. 1976 B. Gaddis How to repair Home Laundry Appliances vi. 162 Many failures encountered in the wiring can be located by simply going through the wiring harness. 2002 I. Studer-Noguez Ford & Global Strategies of Multinationals 247 Ford closed an aluminum die-casting plant in Sheffield, Alabama;..the company also closed its in-house wiring harness operations. wiring loom n. = wiring harness n., loom n.¹ 6b. ΚΠ 1944 U.S. Patent 2,355,151 2/1 The clearance space, for maneuvering the radio into position behind the instrument panel crowded with gauges, mechanical attachments or wiring looms, is at a premium. 1962 Which? Car Suppl. Oct. 139/1 A wiring loom prevented the dipstick being removed or replaced easily. 2006 SuperBike June 119/3 Even the 2006 Yamaha R6 had optional factory-developed race parts available—wiring looms, engine parts, chassis mods—before the start of the season. wiring party n. Military (now chiefly historical) (esp. in the First World War (1914–1818)) a squad sent out to erect and repair barbed wire entanglements. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > wiring party wiring party1915 1915 Times 7 Sept. 3/2 He was in charge of a wiring party which came under heavy artillery fire while working in the open. 1995 F. Gaffen Cross-border Warriors iii. 158 Lieutenant G. B. Meynell..led a fighting patrol of fifteen men from A Company on the night of 2–3 May 1953 to deal with an enemy wiring party. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1552
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