patch board

British

noun

Also called: plugboard. a device with a large number of sockets into which electrical plugs can be inserted to form many different temporary circuits: used in telephone exchanges, computer systems, etc

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One woman found a patch board behind some garbage cans six blocks away and left it on Cereceda’s porch.

From Washington Post • Nov. 6, 2022

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