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

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At the bottom was a chain-link fence with an enormous hole. Blake Nelson, The Mercury News, 11 Nov. 2024 Meanwhile, the city is boarding windows, setting up a chain-link fence and hiring 24/7 security to prevent break-ins. Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2024 Inside the chain-link fence encircling the property, an excavator last week was moving a pile of rubble — the last remains of an old building that had been demolished to make room for something new. Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024 Then, on September 15th, as the former President was playing a round of golf at his club in West Palm Beach, a Secret Service agent patrolling the grounds spotted the muzzle of a rifle poking out of the shrubbery along a chain-link fence. Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024 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 26 Dec. 2024.

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