bootleg ground

noun

bootleg ground

noun

Etymology From bootleg (“fake”) + ground (“earthing”).

1

US A type of false ground (earth) in electrical circuits, created by wiring the grounding circuit (green wire, bare copper wire) to the neutral circuit (cold wire, white wire).

Hypernyms
false ground

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