chicken wire

noun

: a light galvanized wire netting of hexagonal mesh

Examples of chicken wire in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Faraday velvet takes the humble concept of chicken wire and transforms it into a twisting pattern that would feel at home within the walls of an elegant estate. Kate Maxwell Lindsey Tramuta Reggie Nadelson Gisela Williams Roxanne Fequiere Siska Lyssens, New York Times, 21 Mar. 2024 Fencing that’s about 18 inches tall with small one-inch openings, such as chicken wire, can be placed around individual plants, beds, and also be secured to the bottom of a taller fence with larger openings. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 31 Jan. 2024 Nick reaches over some chicken wire to pull out a bottle that’s been tossed inside. John Kelly, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2023 To create this display, ball up the chicken wire and wedge it into the bottom of the bucket. Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 28 Aug. 2023 The old bathtub had a mattress-size slab of plaster in chicken wire below it. John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023 The Farmer's Almanac recommends using chicken wire as opposed to wood or grid wire fencing materials. Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 21 June 2023 Louise Bourgeois’s lumpy latex molds made an appearance and, in a work by Alice Adams that hung from the ceiling, one end of a sleeve of woven chicken wire sat inside a larger sleeve fashioned from chain-link fencing. Kate Guadagnino, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023 For structural reinforcement, use a floral frog or line the inside of the vase with a cushion of chicken wire. Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

from its use for making enclosures for chickens

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chicken wire was in 1887

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“Chicken wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chicken%20wire. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

chicken wire

noun
: a light wire fencing with hexagonal openings
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