fencing wire

noun

noun

A thick, tough, durable, rust-resistant wire designed to be strung between fence posts to form fences in rural settings.

They camped that night at Dingo Creek, the fire Jim quickly made, Put the Billy on the cross-piece, pitched the tent, Brought a steak from 'neath the saddle-flap, and on the "grid" 'twas laid, A piece of rusty fencing wire, well bent.1897 October 10, The Truth, Sydney, page 8, column 3:

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