chain-link fence

noun

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

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Nader has dismissed her insight completely, triggering a grimy investigation montage of exercise, combing through files, thinking while brooding in the company of coffee, cigarettes, and an old car door propped up on a chain-link fence for target practice. Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025 Video circulating on social media showed a young man in a black hoodie with his back against a chain-link fence, alongside a security guard and surrounded by bystanders screaming and swearing at him. Jim Morris, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2025 Victor Perez, 17, was separated from the officers by a chain-link fence when he was shot nine times in his backyard in Pocatello, a city of 60,000 in southeastern Idaho that is home to Idaho State University. John Bacon, USA Today, 13 Apr. 2025 Video taken by a neighbor shows four officers shouting at the teen before firing at him through a chain-link fence. Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chain-link fence

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 22 May. 2025.

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