chicken wire

American  

noun

1. a light, wire netting having a large, hexagonal mesh, used especially as fencing.

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chicken wire British  

noun

1. wire netting with a hexagonal mesh

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Etymology

Origin of chicken wire

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Example Sentences

Graphene is made of a single layer of carbon atoms arranged in a hexagonal pattern that looks like chicken wire.

From Science Daily

The rooms have no ceilings and are instead covered in chicken wire.

From The Wall Street Journal

An MP said his skin cancer was discovered after he accidentally cut himself on chicken wire fencing.

From BBC

In two hours, the duo planted seeds for 17 oak trees, enclosed them in mesh chicken wire to deter hungry fauna and tagged each one.

From Los Angeles Times

There was a chicken wire fence to string.

From Los Angeles Times