chain-link fence

noun

: a fence of heavy steel wire woven to form a diamond-shaped mesh

Examples of chain-link fence in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Enrique Lucero, director of the Tijuana’s Migrant Affairs Office, said Monday that the group passed through a section where the chain-link fence had been cut. Alexandra Mendoza, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024 But it has been severely vandalized, and is now surrounded by a chain-link fence. Sam Lubell, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024 Today, a chain-link fence wraps around the historic landmark pocked with peeling paint. Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024 Some of the facade was torn off her home and her chain-link fence was bent. Christopher Cann, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024 That is because the tall chain-link fence – crested with coils of razor wire – that encircles this collective community where she was born is just 1 mile from the impoverished and densely packed Gaza Strip. Scott Peterson, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Dec. 2023 For decades, families separated by immigration status met through barbed wire and, later, a chain-link fence. Elliot Spagat, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2023 When the team is treated to a pool party after winning the city championship, Al is refused entry, forced to sit alone on the other side of a chain-link fence as his teammates splash and play. Rebecca Sun, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024 While there may have been some interior cleanup and demolition, the exterior brick facade is still boarded up and the sidewalk in front of the building is blocked off by a chain-link fence forcing pedestrians to walk in the bike lane. Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chain-link fence was in 1910

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“Chain-link fence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chain-link%20fence. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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