trunking

British  

/ ˈtrʌŋkɪŋ /

noun

1. telecomm the cables that take a common route through an exchange building linking ranks of selectors

2. plastic housing used to conceal wires, etc; casing

3. the delivery of goods over long distances, esp by road vehicles to local distribution centres, from which deliveries and collections are made

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Example Sentences

Whenever a corporate phone network makes a call, a VoIP provider hands over the call from the internet to the phone networks - a technology called "SIP trunking".

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2021

The general make-up of trunking switchboard sections is not greatly different from that of the ordinary switchboard sections where no trunking is involved.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by McMeen, Samuel

The subject of inter-office trunking so far as manual switchboards are concerned is, therefore, confined mainly to trunking between a number of offices each equipped with a manual multiple switchboard.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by McMeen, Samuel

This selection by the subscriber of a group followed by the automatic selection from among that group forms the basis of the trunking system.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by McMeen, Samuel

The purpose of the trunk repeater is to enable the inter-office trunking to be done over two wires.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by McMeen, Samuel