chain-link fence

noun

: a fence of heavy steel wire woven to form a diamond-shaped mesh

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At 27, Massey and another inmate broke out of a detention center in northern Louisiana in broad daylight by cutting and slipping under a chain-link fence in the exercise yard, Chief James Mardis of the Morehouse Parish Sheriff’s Office told CNN last week. Karina Tsui, CNN Money, 27 May 2025 There was a black tarp wrapped around a chain-link fence of the lot next door, with logos announcing the construction of a new data center. ArsTechnica, 26 May 2025 What’s up with the rubber toy chickens hanging from the chain-link fence protecting Oswego’s dugout each game, home or away? Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2025 Nader has dismissed her insight completely, triggering a grimy investigation montage of exercise, combing through files, thinking while brooding in the company of coffee, cigarettes, and an old car door propped up on a chain-link fence for target practice. Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chain-link fence

Word History

First Known Use

1910, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chain-link fence was in 1910

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“Chain-link fence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chain-link%20fence. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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