telegraph wire

English

Noun

telegraph wire (plural telegraph wires)

1. Synonym of telegraph line.
   • 1954 March, W. A. Tuplin, “Recollections of the Wirral Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 169:

     In winter the place was deserted and, with cold damp wind from the sea shrieking in the telegraph wires, the general feeling could be one of desolation.

References

• “telegraph wire”, in Collins English Dictionary.