chicken wire

noun

: a light galvanized wire netting of hexagonal mesh

Examples of chicken wire in a Sentence

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Rodents may dig up the tubers, so plant them in bulb baskets underground or in DIY cages made from chicken wire. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Jan. 2025 Already 15 years ago, Studio Gang bent lengths of glulam to form a kind of cellulose chicken wire for a pavilion at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 Jan. 2025 However, these traps can prove hazardous to pollinators, songbirds, and other wildlife, so always install screening, plastic mesh, or chicken wire over the traps and secure these barriers with pushpins. Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 2024 The two Topanga natives pulled up to a grove with over a dozen Home Depot buckets of water, chicken wire, and a plastic bag of coast live oak seeds that had impatiently begun sprouting in their supervisor’s fridge. Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chicken wire 

Word History

Etymology

from its use for making enclosures for chickens

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chicken wire was in 1887

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“Chicken wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chicken%20wire. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.

Kids Definition

chicken wire

noun
: a light wire fencing with hexagonal openings
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