chain-link fence

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noun

a mesh fence made of thick steel wire and having a diamond-shaped pattern.

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Words nearby chain-link fence

chain gear, chain grate, chain letter, chain lightning, chain-link, chain-link fence, chain locker, chain mail, chainman, chain measure, chain of command

How to use chain-link fence in a sentence

The sites are on the highway side of a chain-link fence between the Beltway and Moses Morningstar Cemetery in Cabin John.
African American gravesites detected near the Capital Beltway will be spared in road-widening plans|Katherine Shaver|September 9, 2021|Washington Post
He certainly didn’t want to see reporters peering over his chain-link fence.
The ballad of the Chowchilla bus kidnapping|Kaleb Horton|July 23, 2021|Vox
I’m in the outside world, but surrounded by chain-link fences with barbed wire on top.
Locked up in the Land of Liberty: Part II|Michael K. Lavers|July 14, 2021|Washington Blade
Out in the front yard, bordered by a chain-link fence, the family displayed a yard sign announcing that their eldest, Geraldo, had earned a citizenship award.
The new child tax credit could lift more than 5 million kids out of poverty. Can it help them learn, too?|Moriah Balingit|July 13, 2021|Washington Post

That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Therefore, it is not possible for any F-35 schedule to include a video data link or infrared pointer at this point.
Pentagon Misfires in Stealth Jet Scandal|Dave Majumdar|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
You expect soldiers of all ranks to understand the need to respect the chain of command, regardless of personal feelings.
We Need Our Police to Be Better Than This|Nick Gillespie|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Authorities blame anarchists protesting a proposed high-speed rail line called TAV that will link Turin and Lyon, France.
Italy’s Terror on the Tracks|Barbie Latza Nadeau|December 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The whys the wherefores, I think a lot of that is somehow a link from decoding texts, as they say in graduate school.
Daphne Merkin on Lena Dunham, Book Criticism, and Self-Examination|Mindy Farabee|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She stood, in her young purity, at one end of the chain of years, and Mrs. Chepstow—did she really stand at the other?
Bella Donna|Robert Hichens
I saw every crook in the fence, every rut in the road, every bush and tree long before we came to it.
The Soldier of the Valley|Nelson Lloyd
Then he closed the spring with a snap, and she let him pass the chain over her hand once more.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
Another fence: who would furnish that two hundred and fifty dollars and secure him for the remainder?
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
They stopped, leaning over a jagged fence made of sea-drift, to ask for water.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin