# cabling

Pronunciation: say "KAY-bling" /ˈkeɪ.bl.ɪŋ/

## Noun

1. A group of cables taken together, such as the wiring run throughout a building, machine, or system.
   - Simple: A set of wires and cords grouped together to carry power or signals.
   - _Inspectors found that the cabling behind the wall had begun to fray._
   - _Modern data centers rely on miles of fiber-optic cabling._
3. The decoration of a column's or pilaster's fluted shaft with reeds or rounded moldings that appear to lie in the hollows of the fluting.
   - Simple: Rounded strips set into the grooves of a column, partly filling them as decoration.
   - _The pilaster's cabling filled the lower third of each flute._
   - _Baroque architects often used cabling to enrich plain fluted columns._

## Verb

2. Present participle of cable. — present participle and gerund of cable
   - Simple: Present participle of cable. Use this -ing form when the action is happening now or when naming it as an activity.
   - _Workers are cabling the bridge to support the new deck._
   - _The technicians finished cabling the studio before noon._

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