concertina wire

noun

: a coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle

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As Rose reaches her sister’s house, Lino and James bound around the corner, through an open gate and beneath a clothesline made of concertina wire. Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025 Already, the government has strung concertina wire at ground level to prevent access to the monument as construction gets underway for the first row. Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 13 Dec. 2025 Belarus state news agency Belta posted footage of Polish personnel stringing concertina wire and putting up barriers overnight. Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025 The man lowers himself toward U.S. soil between coils of concertina wire. Morgan Lee, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for concertina wire

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1917, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of concertina wire was circa 1917

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“Concertina wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concertina%20wire. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.

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