cable tie

▸ noun a fastener consisting of a thin, flexible nylon strap with a notched surface, one end of which is threaded through a locking mechanism at the other:

keep your children safe by securing the cabinet with a cable tie.

▸ verb

(cable-ties, cable-tying, cable-tied)

(cable-tie) [with object] secure (something) with a cable tie or cable ties:

I cable-tied the wires to keep them as neat as possible.

▪ attach or fasten to an object with a cable tie or cable ties:

the sign was cable-tied to a lamppost.