chain-link fence

noun

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

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In a moving scene in Into the Unknown, Bob and Sylvie confront the painful reality of their unraveling relationship through a chain-link fence, the barrier between them a metaphor for the growing divide created by Dylan’s fame. —

Darryn King, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024 The collision caused Jacobs' vehicle to veer off the road, crash through a chain-link fence, and drop approximately 30 feet onto the I-17 freeway. —

Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 16 Dec. 2024 In recent weeks, the owners of a shuttered CVS pharmacy and convenience store at Snelling and University avenues surrounded the vacant shop and its sizable parking lot with a chain-link fence; the property had before then sometimes drawn as many as 40 loiterers at a time. —

Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 24 Nov. 2024 At the bottom was a chain-link fence with an enormous hole. —

Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chain-link fence

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

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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 20 Jan. 2025.

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