tie line
Americannoun
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a line that connects two or more extensions in a PBX telephone system.
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a private telephone channel, leased from a telephone company, that connects two or more PBX systems.
noun
Example Sentences
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Several local organizations offer fishing, and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy has joined them this summer with these free drop-in rod-and-reel clinics, which teach participants how to tie line knots, bait hooks and cast.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2019
If you tie line to the loop on one end, the prop locks up and takes the spin out of the line clockwise.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 4, 2014
About 15 miles away, in General Electric's Information Processing Center, an electronic computer, programmed to read and sort the Journal's classified ads at high speed, transmitted indecipherable intelligence over the telephone tie line.
From Time Magazine Archive
A telephone tie line from the suite to Washington was used, but all local calls were made from phone booths.
From Time Magazine Archive
The horse had not an inch of halter or tie line on him.
From The Shagganappi by Johnson, E. Pauline
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