concertina wire
[ kon-ser-tee-nuh-wahyuhr ]
noun
wire with razor-sharp edges or projections, placed in coils as a barrier along the tops of fences or walls, as at a prison, or on the ground to impede advancing enemy troops.
Origin of concertina wire
1First recorded in 1925–30
- Also called concertina, razor wire, barbed tape [bahrbd-teyp], /ˈbɑrbd ˈteɪp/, C wire .
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How to use concertina wire in a sentence
One might imagine Andy Gill’s guitar strung with concertina wire, so razorous is his sound, inspiring generations of guitarists to bring the noise.
At a meeting of prominent Zabul women, she casually mentioned that her office needed a higher fence and concertina wire.
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