bob-wiren.
U.S. colloquial.
= barbwire n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > wire fence > fencing-wire
barbed wire1874
barbwire1874
wire1876
fencing-wire1878
fish-hook wire1892
bob-wire1929
razor ribbon1975
1929 J. F. Dobie Vaquero of Brush Country 116 Chaos demanded order, and the means of order were to be barbed wire—‘bob-wire’, most people used to call it.
1939 J. Steinbeck Grapes of Wrath iv. 26 Some sisters took to beatin' theirselves with a three-foot shag of bobwire.
1940 C. McCullers Heart is Lonely Hunter ii. xi. 268 We got to climb the bob-wire fence.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
<
n.1929