jumper cable
noun1
A pair of insulated electrical wires with alligator clips at each end (typically used to jump-start a car with a dead (flat) battery).
Often pluralized
- He kept a jumper cable in an emergency box in the car, as he had once been caught with a dead battery.
2
Rail transport, Railways, Road, Transport An electrical cable providing a connection between rail or road vehicles.
- When in multiple the control between the locomotives is through jumper cables, and air and vacuum hoses.1958 April 23, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, pages 267, 277:
- Complete absence of multiple-unit jumper cables (this class is not fitted for working in multiple) lends a neatness to this area not usually possible on British diesels.1962 March, Brian Haresnape, “Design in 1961—a Retrospect”, in Modern Railways, page 195:
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Philippines A jump wire.
- Related terms
- booster, battery booster