wire entanglement
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.
Origin of wire entanglement
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How to use wire entanglement in a sentence
"This is the first barbed-wire entanglement," said Archer, as they approached.
Tom Slade with the Colors | Percy K. FitzhughThe whole wire entanglement stood in a mass of rank undergrowth, through which the nose of the torpedo had to be forced.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 | Frederick William BewsherThis concealed trap arrangement was as complicated as a barbed-wire entanglement.
Watched by Wild Animals | Enos A. MillsThen he lay flat, while the Germans fired round after round on the wire entanglement behind him.
The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 4 (of 10) | James Edward ParrottUnfortunately, he got stuck in the wire entanglement and was discovered.
Gun running for Casement in the Easter rebellion, 1916 | Karl Spindler
British Dictionary definitions for wire entanglement
a barrier or obstruction of barbed wire used in warfare
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