fencing wire

English

Noun

fencing wire (countable and uncountable, plural fencing wires)

  1. A thick, tough, durable, rust-resistant wire designed to be strung between fence posts to form fences in rural settings.
    • 1897 October 10, The Truth, Sydney, page 8, column 3:
      They camped that night at Dingo Creek, the fire Jim quickly made,
      Put the Billy on the cross-piece, pitched the tent,
      Brought a steak from 'neath the saddle-flap, and on the "grid" 'twas laid,
      A piece of rusty fencing wire, well bent.

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