1. When wire rope tangles on a spool so that it is difficult to remove and is intertwined like the twigs forming a bird's nest.
Alternatively, (anything long) audio cables, lighting cables, rope etc... can bird nest.
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2. AKA "bird cage," a symptom when the strands of a wire rope lose their lay, due to unequal or over-stress.
http://www.osha.gov/doc/outreachtraining/htmlfiles/slings.html
Alternatively, (anything long) audio cables, lighting cables, rope etc... can bird nest.
(posted by someone looking for a better definition)
2. AKA "bird cage," a symptom when the strands of a wire rope lose their lay, due to unequal or over-stress.
http://www.osha.gov/doc/outreachtraining/htmlfiles/slings.html