trunking

plural trunkings

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

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

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

   Synonyms: linehaul

3. UKcountableuncountableA system of ducts for cables, heating or ventilation.
4. UKcountableuncountablePlastic conduit or duct used to conceal and protect electrical wiring.

   Synonyms: conduit

5. countableuncountableA two-way radio technique that uses a control channel to automatically assign frequency channels to groups of user radios.

gerund of trunk · participle present of trunk

1. Riding in the trunk of a car.