a defence formed of (barbed) wire stretched over the ground in order to impede the advance of an enemy.
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| 释义 | society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > barricade > [noun] > barbed wire (6) wire entanglement1871 a defence formed of (barbed) wire stretched over the ground in order to impede the advance of an enemy. barbed wire1900 A type of wire usually consisting of two or more metal strands twisted together with barbs or short spikes set at intervals, and typically used in… wire1915 As a mass noun: metal formed into a long, slender, flexible rod or strand, usually circular in… This material as used for fencing or (esp. on a… concertina1917 Originally Military. More fully concertina wire. Wire arranged in coils, used as an obstruction or defence. Cf. Danaert, n. apron1918 Also in many technical uses. Military. (See quot. 1918.) Also, a strip of barbed-wire entanglements. dannert wire1945 Spring steel wire, usually barbed and in a spiral form, used in anti-tank and other forms of defensive warfare. Usually attributive, as dannert wire. |
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