chicken wire

noun

1. a light, wire netting having a large, hexagonal mesh, used especially as fencing.

chicken wire

noun

1. wire netting with a hexagonal mesh

Word History and Origins

Origin of chicken wire¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20

Example Sentences

There was a chicken wire fence to string.

From Los Angeles Times

So volunteers wrapped many of the plants in chicken wire and shade cloth for protection and carried in water to irrigate the survivors.

From Los Angeles Times

Earlier this week, police there dismantled a small fence made of chicken wire as well as nearly two dozen tents.

From Seattle Times

In front of a built-in cabinet, where stacks of plates and linens and bottles of wine from nearby Cassis are stored behind chicken wire, sit heavy, floridly carved banquettes like those on an old-fashioned carousel.

From New York Times

"These structures look a bit like chicken wire ? they're hexagonal lattices that repeat themselves on a two-dimensional plane, and then they stack on top of themselves, and that's how you get a layered 2D material."

From Science Daily