chicken wire

See also: chickenwire

English

Noun

chicken wire (countable and uncountable, plural chicken wires)

1. (uncountable) A mesh of wire, usually galvanized, with a hexagonal pattern, generally used for making fences, especially for enclosures for small farm animals and pets.
   • 1981, Kenneth Robeson, The Screaming Man:

     "You'll recall that normally any old hen had sense enough not to run or fly into a chicken wire fence, but the same old hen at the sight of a hawk would lose all judgment about fences, and plunge headlong into it."

2. (countable) A type of such material, differentiated by material, coating, wire thickness, width, and mesh size.

Translations

mesh of wire

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鐵絲網／铁丝网 (zh) (tiěsīwǎng)

• Dutch: kippengaas (nl) n
• Finnish: kanaverkko (fi)
• French: grillage (fr)
• German: Kaninchendraht m, Hasendraht m, Hasengitter n, Hühnerdraht m, Kükendraht m, Kückendraht m (dated), Sechseckgeflecht n (technical)
• Spanish: rejilla (es)
• Swedish: hönsnät (sv) n
• Tagalog: kawad pangmanukan
• Turkish: kümes teli

See also

• hardware cloth