cable-tiev.
/ˈkeɪbltʌɪ/, U.S. /ˈkeɪb(ə)lˌtaɪ/ transitive. To fasten or secure (something) with a cable tie or cable ties. Sometimes spec.: to bind (a person's wrists or ankles) with a cable tie or cable ties. Cf. zip-tie v.In quot. 1988: to place a cable tie on the leg of (a bird) to enable it to be identified subsequently; cf. ring v.2 1c.
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1988 J. Parry-Jones Falconry vii. 175 Some people refuse to use the closed rings, preferring to cable-tie young [birds of prey] when they leave the nest.
1994 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 27 July 3 f I measured the cedar post that I had cable-tied to one of the support pillars in my basement.
2015 A. Carter Bad Seed 148 His hands were cable-tied behind his back.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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