wire entanglement
noun
a barbed-wire obstacle, usually mounted on posts and zigzagged back and forth along a front, designed to channel, delay, or halt an advance by enemy foot soldiers.
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Origin of wire entanglement
First recorded in 1875–80
Words nearby wire entanglement
wire cutter, wired, wired equivalent privacy, wiredraw, wiredrawn, wire entanglement, wireframe, wire fraud, wire gauge, wire gauze, wire glass
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British Dictionary definitions for wire entanglement
wire entanglement
noun
a barrier or obstruction of barbed wire used in warfare
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