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fencing wire

British  

noun

  1. a heavy-gauge galvanized wire used for farm fences

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These objects include cooking stands made from fencing wire, cut up oil drums for metal sheeting to construct shelters, bullets and bomb fragments.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2022

Now. government shops sell fencing wire, machetes and other tools but charge high prices, with a roll of barbed-wire costing more than double the average monthly wage.

From Reuters • Jan. 25, 2011

Now they did strip off their shirts, for no other reason than to stay cool; their backs and ribs were marked where the fencing wire had whipped and stung them.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

Miguel knotted off a section of fencing wire, tossed the clamps and pliers to the ground.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby

I had snaked fencing wire up and down the underside of the fire escape outside my window, hiding it in the wild ivy that covered the side of the building.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin