concertina wire

noun

: a coiled barbed wire used as an obstacle

Examples of concertina wire in a Sentence

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The wall was eighteen feet tall, made of steel, topped with concertina wire, and equipped with cameras and sensors. — Elizabeth Flock, New Yorker, 23 Feb. 2026 Starting last fall, federal forces began stringing hundreds of miles of concertina wire along the border. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026 As Rose reaches her sister’s house, Lino and James bound around the corner, through an open gate and beneath a clothesline made of concertina wire. — Brett Murphy, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025 Already, the government has strung concertina wire at ground level to prevent access to the monument as construction gets underway for the first row. — Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 13 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for concertina wire

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1917, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of concertina wire was circa 1917

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“Concertina wire.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/concertina%20wire. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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