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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a circuit of wires for the distribution of electricity
2: the work of installing the wires for an electrical system or device

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1809 1. the act of providing or using wire 2. a system of wires; especially an arrangement of wires used for electric distribution

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a system of wires providing electrical circuits. 2 the installation of this (came to do the wiring).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wire Wire, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Wired; p. pr. & vb. n. Wiring.] 1. To bind with wire; to attach with wires; to apply wire to; as, to wire corks in bottling liquors. 2. To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads. 3. To snare by means of a wire or wires. 4. To send (a message) by telegraph. [Colloq.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wiring Wir"ing, n. 1. The act of one that wires anything. 2. The wires or conductors employed in a system of electric distribution.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

The wiring in a building or machine is the system of wires that supply electricity to the different parts of it.