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wire entanglement

noun

  1. 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.

wire entanglement

noun

  1. a barrier or obstruction of barbed wire used in warfare

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Word History and Origins

Origin of wire entanglement1

First recorded in 1875–80

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