chicken wire

Noun

Meaning

a galvanized wire network with a hexagonal mesh; used to build fences

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

barbed wire chain mail chicken coop hen house razor wire wire netting wire gauze wire mesh wire screen metal mesh metallic mesh wire net

Hypernyms

network net mesh meshing meshwork

Examples

Chicken wire will usually work too, though I know of a garden where the deer was so aggressive that the chicken wire was mostly torn off the tree, resulting in heavy damage to the bark. Source: Internet

In fact, the Mission San Jose Dominican recently spent several days digging numerous 18 inch holes and then lining them with chicken wire to discourage the critters from pursuing future repasts. Source: Internet

Then each piece of fabric is sewn and stuffed into bulbous formations that get pinned together and stretched over shapes of chicken wire. Source: Internet

He enjoys building outdoor improvements, so up went posts and chicken wire fencing and, later, a chicken wire top. Source: Internet

This involves local people making up "balls" of chicken wire filled with old newspaper, sticks, rags, and other dry flammable material up to a diameter of convert, each attached to about convert of wire, chain or nonflammable rope. Source: Internet

It was, essentially, an elevated trench: a circle of chicken wire stapled to wooden poles spaced six feet apart. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

chicken unit chicken Wellington chicken wing chicken yard chicken's-meat chicken-and-egg problem